 The 1890 Australian team touring England was relatively inexperienced . The team missed the all @-@ round ability of George Giffen , who had refused to join the squad , thinking it unlikely the tour would be a sporting or financial success . The Australians won 13 matches on tour , losing 16 and drawing 9 . Trumble made his Test cricket debut in the First Test against the English team at Lord 's Cricket Ground . He took only one wicket , dismissing Bobby Peel caught and bowled for 1 . Batting at number eleven in the first innings he made 1 not out and in the second , 5 runs batting at number ten . Despite this lack of success , he retained his spot in the team for the Second Test at The Oval where he failed to take a wicket . He was selected for the Third Test at Old Trafford but continuous rain saw the match abandoned without a ball being bowled . Trumble played 28 first @-@ class matches during the tour , scoring 288 runs at an average of 8 @.@ 47 and took 52 wickets at an average of 21 @.@ 75 . Wisden Cricketers ' Almanack wrote , " Reports from Australia had led us to expect a great deal of ... Trumble " but his " straightness and regular length [ were ] insufficient to compensate for an obvious lack of ' devil ' and variety " . 
