the 1923 west indies touring team played 21 first-class matches in england, of which six were won, seven lost and the others drawn. the team's relative success, and particularly the performance of leading batsman george challenor, persuaded english critics that west indies cricket was stronger than previously supposed; this was instrumental in the promotion of the team to test match status in 1928. challenor was the biggest individual success of the tour, but constantine impressed english critics, through his style of play more than his statistical achievements. he played 20 first-class matches on the tour, scoring 425 runs at an average of 15.74 and taking 37 wickets at an average of 21.86. against oxford university, he scored 77, his maiden first-class fifty; his only other half century came against derbyshire. he also took five wickets in an innings for the first time, in the match against kent.