 Andrew Stoddart led an English team to Australia in 1894 – 95 to defend The Ashes . A feature of the summer was the emergence of Albert Trott and the performance of the brothers in tandem . Playing for Victoria against the touring side , the Trotts claimed twelve wickets and held eight catches between them ; Harry scored 63 in the second innings . During the second innings of the traditional Christmas fixture against New South Wales , Albert claimed five wickets , took three catches ( two from Harry 's bowling ) and made a run out . In between these two games , England won the first Test at Sydney — a remarkable turnaround after they had been forced to follow @-@ on — by bowling the Australians out for 166 in the second innings . The second Test at Melbourne saw another English victory ; Trott played a rearguard innings of 95 in the second innings , to no avail . Attempting to stay in the series , Australia dramatically revamped their team for the next Test at Adelaide . Albert Trott , making his Test debut , was one of four inclusions while Harry was elevated to open the batting . In a match played in intense heat throughout , Harry Trott made 48 on the opening day before he was run out . Albert was the dominant player of the match with innings of 38 not out and 72 not out ( both scored from the number ten position ) , and a bowling return of 8 / 43 in England 's second innings . Australia won the match by 382 runs . In a Sheffield Shield match that followed , the Trotts extricated Victoria from a difficult situation . Chasing 155 to win , New South Wales fell for 99 with Albert taking four wickets and Harry five . In the fourth Test at Sydney , Australia batted first and scored 284 runs ( Albert Trott 85 not out ) before England were bowled out for 65 and 72 on a wicket affected by heavy rain . Opening the bowling in the first innings , Harry Trott dismissed Archie MacLaren , Johnny Briggs and Stoddart . 
