 The fluctuating fortunes of the Test series created immense interest in the deciding Test at Melbourne . Spectators arrived from all over the country , with special trains laid on from Adelaide and Sydney . Harry Trott 's all @-@ round contribution was a score of 42 in each innings , six wickets and two catches , but England won The Ashes by chasing a target of 297 runs in the second innings , which they reached with six wickets in hand . Even in England , " the interest was greater than had ever been felt in matches played away from [ England ] " . 
