The West Indies Team
- Rolph Grant, captain
- Ivan Barrow, wicketkeeper
- Peter Bayley
- John Cameron
- Bertie Clarke
- Learie Constantine
- Gerry Gomez
- George Headley
- Leslie Hylton
- Tyrell Johnson
- Manny Martindale
- Derek Sealy
- Jeff Stollmeyer
- Vic Stollmeyer
- Ken Weekes
- Foffie Williams
The manager of the team was John Kidney, who played 11 first-class matches for Barbados between 1909 and 1932 and who had managed the 1933 touring team in England.
Of the 16 players in the side, Martindale, Barrow and Headley had toured with the previous West Indies side to visit England in 1933, and Constantine (who toured England in 1923 and 1928) and Grant had been co-opted to that side for a few matches. Constantine had played in West Indies' first-ever Test on the 1928 tour and Sealy had played Test cricket in the first matches in the West Indies in 1929-30. Grant and Hylton had made their Test debuts in the 1934-35 series in the West Indies.
Eight of the nine other players in the side made their Test debuts during the 1939 tour. They were Cameron, Clarke, Gomez, Johnson, the Stollmeyer brothers, Weekes and Williams. Only Bayley was not capped on this tour, and he never played Test cricket.
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