The West Indies cricket team toured England in the 1939 season to play a three-match Test series against England. England won the series 1–0 with two matches drawn. A total of 25 first-class matches were played and the West Indian side won eight of them and lost six, with the others drawn. The tour was abandoned a few days after the final test match because of the worsening international situation with the Second World War imminent. The last six matches from 26 August to 12 September were cancelled (see the schedule in the 1940 Wisden).
West Indies did not play Test cricket again until January 1948 when England came to the Caribbean and played four Test matches. England did not play Test cricket after August 1939 until their 1946 season when India toured.
The 1940 Wisden had Learie Constantine of Barbados as Cricketer of the Year along with English players Bill Edrich, Walter Keeton, Brian Sellers and Doug Wright (see Wisden on Cricinfo).