" Hill and Trumble made 165 runs batting together, still a record for a seventh wicket partnership in Ashes Tests.

Trumble made his Test debut during the Australian cricket team's tour of England in 1890, but was unable to secure a permanent place in the Australian side until the 1896 tour of England.

Trumble made 17 not out to follow his 24 runs in the first innings and his 4 wickets.

Australia won the Third Test in Adelaide by an innings and 13 runs ; Trumble made 37 runs in the Australian innings and took 1 wicket for the match.

In the Test series, Trumble took 15 wickets at an average of 25. 00 and made 232 runs at an average of 38. 66.

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.

" In the Fifth Test at The Oval, Trumble made 64 runs in the first innings and followed this with 8 wickets for 65 runs in the English first innings.

He was immediately successful taking 4 wickets for 107 runs in the first innings and 5 for 34 in the second, but was unable to prevent England from winning the Test by 185 runs Selected for the remaining four Tests, his 24 wickets in four Tests made Trumble the most successful Australian bowler in the series.

When bowling, Trumble made the most of his height, bringing the ball over the full extent of his right arm.

" Trumble was respected by his teammates and opponents ; New Zealand cricketer, Dan Reese, who played against and alongside Trumble said, " His subtle humour, his fund of cricket stories, his kindness, and, above all, his judgment, made him a man of exceptional character.

A loyal clubman, Trumble served on the committee of the Melbourne Cricket Club ( MCC ) from 1900 – 01 to 1910 – 11 and was made a life member in 1904.

In the process he played an innings of 130 against the touring Australians including Charles Turner, George Giffen and Hugh Trumble, and was thus unsuccessfully picked for his last Test at Lord ’ s, where he made 35 but was omitted in favour of Johnny Briggs who was bowling immensely better at county level.

He was the third of only three bowlers to have taken two Test cricket hat-tricks, the others being Hugh Trumble and Jimmy Matthews.

He was the first bowler in Test cricket to take 100 wickets, and held the record of most wickets in Test cricket on two occasions, the first in 1895 and again from 1898 until 1904, when he was succeeded by Hugh Trumble.

The position — previously held by Test cricketers Hugh Trumble and Vernon Ransford — is one of the most prestigious jobs in Australian cricket.

Australia won the Fourth Test at Old Trafford by a mere three runs with Trumble taking ten wickets for the match.

Hugh Trumble ( 12 May 1867 – 14 August 1938 ) was an Australian cricketer who played 32 Test matches as a bowling all-rounder between 1890 and 1904.

Trumble took 141 wickets in Test cricket — a world record at the time of his retirement — at an average of 21. 78 runs per wicket.

In his last Test match, Trumble took a hat-trick, his second, in front of his home town supporters in Melbourne.

When Andrew Stoddart's English team visited Australia in 1894 – 95, Trumble played only one Test, the Second at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

England fought back in their second innings, scoring 475 runs to win the Test by 94 runs ; Trumble failed to take a wicket.

England won the First Test at Lord's by 6 wickets, Trumble taking one wicket in each innings.

Trumble played in every Test of the 1897 – 98 series against the touring English, who were again captained by Stoddart.

In the Fourth Test, Trumble combined with Clem Hill in a 165 run partnership for the seventh wicket, described by Wisden as the turning point in the innings.

Trumble played particularly well in the Third Test at Headingley, where he took 5 wickets for 60 runs and was the highest run-scorer in the Australian second innings with 56.

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.

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.

The position, which had been held by Hugh Trumble until his death in August 1938, was one of the most prestigious jobs in Australian cricket.

Off the field, Trumble worked for the National Bank of Australasia, rising to the position of manager of a local branch despite his cricket commitments interrupting his banking career.

Encouraging his sons ' early love of cricket, William Trumble — a keen cricketer who bowled leg breaks for South Melbourne Cricket Club — set out a cricket pitch at the family home.

Trumble transferred to the Melbourne Cricket Club for the 1887 – 88 cricket season and was an immediate success.

The leading cricket journalist, Tom Horan said that as much as he personally liked Trumble, he could not see him as a member of a team for the England tour that season.

An autographed photograph of Trumble taken in 1907, three years after his retirement from international cricket

After playing in one Test match against the South African team on a stopover when returning from England to Australia, Trumble retired from Test cricket, aged 35.

The cricket writer Ray Robinson said of Trumble: " El Greco, with his lengthening touch would have liked to draw Trumble.

English cricketer Johnny Douglas said, " Trumble should not be allowed on the cricket field — his natural place would be up trees in the bush.

While mainly a bowler, Trumble batted well enough to make 851 runs in Test cricket at an average of 19. 79 with a highest score of 70.

The ICC player rankings have been applied retrospectively to cricket history and Trumble achieved the top ranking as a bowler.

Trumble was the first player to take two hat-tricks in Test cricket.