Learie Nicholas Constantine, Baron Constantine was a Trinidadian cricketer, lawyer and politician who served as Trinidad and Tobago's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and became the UK's first black peer.
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A modern photograph of Queen's Park Oval, Trinidad and Tobago's home ground
Constantine demonstrating his bowling technique
Constantine in his West Indies cap
Constantine during the tour of Australia in 1930
Constantine practising his batting in the nets
Constantine bowling in 1930
Constantine practising his batting in the nets in Australia in 1930Teams 3
Awards 3
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Tino BestAlso played for Barbados national cricket teamPhil SimmonsAlso played for Trinidad and Tobago national cricket teamJason MohammedAlso played for Trinidad and Tobago national cricket team
Desmond HaynesAlso played for Barbados national cricket teamDarren BravoAlso played for Trinidad and Tobago national cricket teamAbout this person
Learie Nicholas Constantine, Baron Constantine was a Trinidadian cricketer, lawyer and politician who served as Trinidad and Tobago's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and became the UK's first black peer. He played 18 Test matches for the West Indies before the Second World War and took the team's first wicket in Test cricket. An advocate against racial discrimination, in later life he was influential in the passing of the 1965 Race Relations Act in Britain. He was knighted in 1962 and made a life peer in 1969.
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