Martindale played for Barbados until January 1936, when he played his last first-class game in the Caribbean. In Martindale's career, the match is notable for an unusual reason: his batting. Barbados, chasing 409 to win the match against Trinidad, had subsided to 108 for seven wickets in their second innings when Martindale came in to bat at No 9, joining his fellow fast bowler Foffie Williams. The pair put on 255 for the eighth wicket which, 75 years on, remains the highest stand for this wicket in West Indies first-class cricket; Martindale made 134, the only score of more than 50 in his career, and Williams was undefeated on 131 when Trinidad won the match by 36 runs.