[2] He was part of the West Indian team that toured England in 1923, playing twenty first-class matches against county and representative opposition.
[11] In the subsequent match against Trinidad, he reached 124, but lacked support from his teammates, three of whom fell just short of half-centuries.
[12] In the following February, the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) toured the West Indies, playing matches in Barbados, Trinidad, British Guiana and Jamaica.
Both were expensive on occasion: against Ireland, Fernandes allowed 25 byes in one innings,[17] and Nunes the same number against Nottinghamshire.
[18] Fernandes' batting was significantly less effective than it had been five years before; he passed fifty on only three occasions, making 73 against both Ireland,[17] and Cambridge University,[19] and 54 against Middlesex.
[22] During the 1929 Inter-Colonial Tournament, Fernandes made the highest score of his first-class career during a seven-day match against Barbados.
After the early dismissal of captain Maurice Green, Fernandes joined Jeremy McKenzie at the crease.
[24] Early the following year, a weakened English cricket team toured the West Indies,[25] playing four Tests and eight other first-class matches.
[27][28] Generally, the West Indies named a different captain for each of their home matches, commonly selecting a player from the host colony for the honour due to financial constraints.
Despite the healthy lead, Fernandes chose not to enforce the follow-on, and the West Indies batted again to score 290, leaving England requiring 617 runs in the fourth innings to achieve victory.
[34] Fernandes is described in his Wisden Cricketers' Almanack obituary as being "an obdurate batsman",[30] and was praised for his cutting and driving during the 1923 tour of England.
[1] He had one son, Leslie, who played one first-class match for British Guiana in the 1960–61 season,[35] and died in a car accident in 1978 aged 39.