How all the nations fared on their Test debut

West Indies (vs England): 23-26 June, 1928

Result: England (401) beat West Indies (177 & 166, following-on) by an innings and 58 runs

Venue: Lord’s, London

England, despite being troubled initially by the West Indian quicks, ended Day 1 at 382/8; and 24 June was taken as a rest day. West Indies went on to lose the match by an innings, following-on in their second innings.

So dismal was the West Indian performance on that entire tour, that this is what Wisden had to say about them after the tour, "So far from improving upon the form of their predecessors, the team of 1928 fell so much below it that everybody was compelled to realise that the playing of Test matches between England and West Indies was a mistake. Whatever the future may have in store, the time is certainly not yet when the West Indies can hope to challenge England with a reasonable hope of success.”

Who would have thought then what the future nearly 50 years later would have in store!