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How McDougall Topped the Score (1924)

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How McDougall Topped the Score is a 1924 Australian silent film directed by Victor Upton-Brown. It is based on a famous poem by Thomas Edward Spencer about a cricket match won when a dog steals a ball, enabling the batting team to score plenty of runs.

It is considered a lost film.

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A cricket match takes place in the country between the towns of Piper's Flat and Molonglo. An old Scotsman, McDougall, comes out to bat with his team needing 50 runs to win. He hits the ball to the boundary, when his dog, Pincher, runs away with it. By the time the fielding team catch Pincher, McDougall has make enough runs to win. There is a romantic subplot involving McDougall's daughter.

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