Bob Wyatt later claimed that Learie Constantine unsuccessfully used bodyline in 1929 – 30 in the West Indies.

He had a couple of fast bowlers, Manny Martindale and Learie Constantine.

Lady Gaitskell called the speech " cowardly " and the cricketer Sir Learie Constantine condemned it.

* Learie Constantine becomes the first cricketer and the first person of Afro-Caribbean descent to be given a life peerage.

England won both matches in which Hobbs played, and won the series 3 – 0 ; Learie Constantine, the West Indian bowler, was very impressed with Hobbs ' batting, but Hobbs did not consider West Indies up to international standard and did not take the series very seriously.

In 1932, he left Trinidad for the small town of Nelson in Lancashire, England, at the invitation of his friend, West Indian cricketer Learie Constantine, who needed his help writing his autobiography Cricket and I ( published in 1933 ).

Other players who were involved in disputes with Hammond included Denis Compton, whose cavalier approach Hammond disliked, and Learie Constantine, who believed Hammond insulted him in the West Indies in 1925, although the two later made peace.

The team in probable batting order was: Jack Hobbs, Mike Brearley, Vivian Richards, Learie Constantine, Ted Dexter, Ian Botham, Keith Miller, Wilfred Rhodes, George Brown ( WK ), Jim Laker and Wes Hall.

West Indian cricketer Learie Constantine later recalled that Jardine would have been given out except that the batsman informed the umpire that he had already finished his shot.

Players from all over the world have come to live and play in the League: Dik Abed, Bill Alley, Nyron Asgarali, Nathan Astle, Sydney Barnes, Allan Border, Chris Cairns, Sir Learie Constantine, Kapil Dev, Allan Donald, Bruce Dooland, Roy Gilchrist, Jason Gillespie, Kerry O ' Keeffe, Charlie Griffith, Andrew Hall, Wes Hall, Roger Harper, Chris Harris, George Headley, Michael Holding, Murali Kartik, Charlie Llewellyn, Clive Lloyd, Manny Martindale, Cec Pepper, Viv Richards, Andy Roberts, Fred Root, Jacques Rudolph, Peter Sleep, George Tribe, Lou Vincent, Shane Warne, Chester Watson, Steve Waugh and Everton Weekes to name but a few.

James ' autobiographical Beyond a Boundary, the Trinidadian writer writes about his visits as a young man to his friend Learie Constantine, at that time living in Nelson while playing as a professional for the town Lancashire League team.

Only four cricketers have cleared the tree to score a six: Arthur ' Jacko ' Watson of Sussex in 1925, the West Indies ' Learie Constantine ( 1928 ), Middlesex's Jim Smith ( 1939 ), and Carl Hooper ( 1992 ).

* Constantine, Learie ( Baron ) -

In the New Year's Honours list for 1962, he was knighted and became Sir Learie Constantine ; among other accolades he received at this time was the freedom of the town of Nelson.

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But Sutcliffe was very impressed by the fast bowling of Learie Constantine, George Francis and Herman Griffith and said of them during the Lord's Test that he had " never played finer fast bowling ".

The League team included Eddie Paynter, Manny Martindale and Learie Constantine, who scored a brilliant century in what Sutcliffe described as " a gem of an innings ".

But Sutcliffe was quoted as saying that he had " never played finer fast bowling " than that of the West Indians Learie Constantine, George Francis, Herman Griffith and Manny Martindale.

A. A. Thomson described him thus: " Sammy ... radiated such elemental force in hard hitting, fast bowling and electrical fielding that he might have been the forerunner of Sir Learie Constantine.

As the club's first overseas professional he was seen as a rival to Nelson's Learie Constantine and his arrival caused the club's gate receipts and membership to double.

Vizzy brought Learie Constantine to India a few years later.

Learie Constantine is said to have replied: " Do you mean the bowler or the ball?

* Learie Constantine ( 1975 )

In 1825, when Alexander I suddenly died of typhus, Nicholas was caught between swearing allegiance to his second-eldest brother Constantine Pavlovich and accepting the throne for himself.

Although he reluctantly baptized the fruit of this relationship, the future Constantine VII, Nicholas forbade the emperor from entering the church and may have become involved in the revolt of Andronikos Doukas.

Nicholas negotiated a peaceful settlement, crowned Simeon emperor of the Bulgarians in a makeshift ceremony outside Constantinople, and arranged for the marriage of Simeon's daughter to Constantine VII.

While serving as ambassador to Russia in February 1834, Ahmed Pasha presented Tsar Nicholas with a number of gifts, including a jewel-encrusted sword supposedly taken from Constantine XI's corpse.

Three square gates existed on this side of the wall, which in the 17th century, were known as: Konstantino-Eleninsky, Spassky, Nikolsky ( owing their names to the icons of Constantine and Helen, the Savior and St. Nicholas which hung over them ).

* William Alexander Frederick Constantine Nicholas Michael " Sasha " of the Netherlands ( 1818 – 1848 ).

Russian army officers led about 3, 000 soldiers in a protest against Nicholas I's assumption of the throne after his elder brother Constantine removed himself from the line of succession.

When Constantine made his renunciation public, and Nicholas stepped forward to assume the throne, the Northern Society acted.

With the capital in temporary confusion, and one oath to Constantine having already been sworn, the society scrambled in secret meetings to convince regimental leaders not to swear allegiance to Nicholas.

On the morning of, a group of officers commanding about 3, 000 men assembled in Senate Square, where they refused to swear allegiance to the new tsar, Nicholas I, proclaiming instead their loyalty to Constantine and the Constitution.

The Constantine ruble ( Russian: константиновский рубль, pronounced " konstantinovsky rubl '") is a rare silver coin of the Russian Empire bearing the profile of Constantine, the brother of emperors Alexander I and Nicholas I.

After the death of his uncle Alexander in 913 and the failure of the usurpation of Constantine Doukas, he succeeded to the throne at the age of seven, under the regency of the Patriarch of Constantinople, Nicholas Mystikos.

However, the anarchy in Constantinople had ceased after the murder of the pretender Constantine Doukas and a government had promptly been formed with Patriarch Nicholas at the helm.

The protracted negotiations resulted in the payment of the Byzantine tribute's arrears, the promise that Constantine VII should marry one of Simeon's daughters and, most importantly, Simeon's official recognition as Emperor of the Bulgarians by Patriarch Nicholas in the Blachernai Palace.

In 920, he was asked by the Byzantine Emperors Romanos I and Constantine VII and the Patriarch of Constantinople Nicholas Mystikos to send some legates to Constantinople to confirm the acts of a synod which condemned fourth marriages ( a legacy of the conflict which embroiled Constantine ’ s father Leo VI the Wise ) thereby ending a schism between the two churches.

Three square gates existed on the eastern side of the wall, which in the 17th century, were known as: Konstantino-Eleninsky, Spassky, Nikolsky ( owing their names to the icons of Constantine and Helen, the Savior and St. Nicholas which hung over them ).

Thus the childless Alexander I's brother Constantine Pavlovich was tsesarevich and, oddly, retained the title even after he renounced the throne in 1825 in favor of his younger brother, Nicholas I.

He finally asserts this Byzantine ancestry based on a letter by Patriarch Nicholas I Mystikos discovered by byzantinists, in which he testifies that Emperor Leo VI of Byzantium, father of Constantine VII, had united his daughter to a Frank Prince, a cousin of Berta ( of Tuscia ), to whom came later a great misfortune.

One of the first steps taken by the Revolutionary Committee, which immediately took over the governancy of the country, was to order the expulsion from Greece of King Constantine and Queen Sofia and of the Princes Andrew and Nicholas, the ex-king's brothers, and to arrest all prominent premiers, politicians, and military and naval leaders of the Constantinist faction, such as Gounaris, Stratos, Protopapadakis, and Theotokis, Admiral Goudas, General Papoulas, etc.

On September 30 ex-King Constantine, ex-Queen Sofia, and Prince Nicholas, with other members of the royal family, left Greece for Italy, the ex-King never to return.

The 8th-century forgery known as the Donation of Constantine, according to which Emperor Constantine I anachronistically granted the see of Rome " supremacy as well over the four principal sees, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem, and Constantinople, as also over all the churches of God in the whole earth " was not used by the Popes in the 9th and 10th centuries, not even in the conflict between Pope Nicholas I and Photius I of Constantinople.

Immediately upon the reconstruction of the cabinet King Constantine left for the front accompanied by the prince Andrew and prince Nicholas.