 England won the First Test at Lord 's by 6 wickets , Trumble taking one wicket in each innings . The Second Test at Old Trafford was more closely fought . Despite K. S. Ranjitsinhji scoring a " marvellous " 154 and Tom Richardson " bowling in his finest form " the Australians managed to hold on for a 3 wicket victory . The Australians required 125 runs to win in their second innings and were expected to make this target easily . Richardson 's skilful bowling however saw Trumble and Kelly batting together with only 3 wickets in hand but with 25 runs still to make . Against excellent bowling and in a tense atmosphere , the pair managed to bat Australia home with the last runs taking an hour to score , mainly in singles . Trumble made 17 not out to follow his 24 runs in the first innings and his 4 wickets . With the series tied at one Test apiece , the Third and final Test was played at The Oval in London . On a pitch damaged by rain , the English batted first and were dismissed for 145 . Trumble took 6 wickets for 59 runs , including a 9 @-@ over spell of 5 wickets for 10 runs . England fought back to bowl the Australians out for 119 . In turn , the Australians restricted England to 84 runs with Trumble taking 6 wickets for 30 , to leave Australia requiring 111 runs in their second innings to win the match . Bobby Peel and Jack Hearne combined to bowl Australia out for 44 runs to win the Test by 66 runs and retain the Ashes for England . In the three Tests , Trumble took 18 wickets at an average of 18 @.@ 83 runs per wicket . 
