 At the age of 34 , Trumble was chosen to captain the Australian team against England in 1901 – 02 when Joe Darling withdrew to manage his farm in Tasmania after the first three Tests . Australia won the two remaining Tests — the only occasions that Trumble would captain his country in Test cricket — to win the series four Tests to one . Earlier , in the Second Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground , Trumble took a " hat @-@ trick " ; only five hat @-@ tricks had been taken in the previous 24 years of Test cricket . He dismissed Arthur Jones , John Gunn and Sydney Barnes in successive balls to complete an Australian victory by 229 runs . In the Third Test in Adelaide , Trumble captured 6 wickets for 74 runs in the England second innings and made 62 not out to help the Australians win the match by 4 wickets . After this success with the bat , Trumble — in his new role as captain — promoted himself to open the batting alongside Victor Trumper . He made only 6 runs , handing the opening batsman role to Reggie Duff for the second innings . Australia won the Test by 7 wickets with Trumble not required to bat a second time . In the Fifth Test , again in Melbourne , Trumble took 5 wickets for 62 runs to help restrict England to a lead of 45 runs after the first innings . In the second innings Trumble took another 3 wickets and , combined with Noble 's 6 wickets , helped Australia win by 32 runs . Trumble and Noble were the most successful Australian bowlers during the series . Together they took 60 wickets in the Tests : Noble 32 at an average of 19 @.@ 00 and Trumble 28 at an average of 20 @.@ 03 . 
