How McDougall Topped the Score

How McDougall Topped the Score is a 1924 Australian silent film directed by Victor UptonBrown. 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.

A cricket match takes place in the country between the towns of Pipers 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 McDougalls daughter.The film was shot in the Melbourne suburb of Ashburton and on location in the Dandenong Ranges. It was the first feature from Pacific Screen Plays, an Australian and New Zealand company. ........

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