constantine worked in india as a cricket coach during 1934, playing two matches in the moin-ud-dowlah gold cup tournament. he was invited to play in the 1935 test series against england in the west indies, and although he arrived too late for the first test, won by england, he played in the remaining three games of the series. in a match for trinidad before the second test, he and his brother elias appeared together for the only time in a first-class match, and shared a partnership of 93. in the next test constantine scored 90, his highest test score. england needed 325 to win in the fourth innings, but lost early wickets. in the final stages of the match constantine was warned by the umpire for bowling bodyline, and grant withdrew him from the bowling attack. after the crowd protested, constantine returned to bowl; with two balls of the match left, he took the final english wicket. the west indies won by 217 runs, with constantine taking three for 11; in the match as a whole he scored 121 runs and took five wickets. the third test was drawn, leaving the final test to decide the series. after making a large total, the west indies bowled england out twice to win by an innings and record their first test series victory. as well as taking six wickets in the game, constantine captained the team to victory after grant injured an ankle on the last morning and asked constantine to assume the leadership. peter mason writes: "given the measures that the west indian authorities had taken to ensure that no black man would ever captain a regional side, it was a great irony and a huge source of delight to constantine that he should be the man to lead the team at the moment of their greatest achievement so far." once more, the press praised constantine and hailed his achievements. in the series, he scored 169 runs at an average of 33.80 and took 15 wickets at 13.13.