Post Tour
An additional match was arranged against W.H. Laverton's XI at Oldfields Ground, Uttoxeter on 20 and 21 August. the West Indians scored 268 and 146, W.H. Laverton's XI 154 and 150/6 and the match was drawn. This additional match was played after the tour proper had ended and was not regarded as part of it. A yet further match is noted in which Constantine scored 111 but no other details are given.
The team sailed from England on the RMS "Trent" encountering a storm on the voyage and reached Barbados on 17 September.
Sydney Smith remained in England after the tour to qualify for Northamptonshire.
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