How McDougall Topped the Score
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.
Plot
A cricket match takes place in the country between the towns of Piper's Flat and Molongo. They placed a bet for the other team to pay for the lunch after the game. When Pipers Flat needs one more player, they ask Old McDougal if he could help them out. When the game started Molongo started a winning streak and pipers flat gave up hope they'll win.But when McDougal came on to the pitch and hit the ball his dog Pincher comes out on the field enabling Dougal
To score 50 runs in the game to win
Cast
- Leslie Gordon as McDougall
- Ida Gresham as Mrs McDougall
- Dorothy May as Mary McDougall
- Wesley Barry as McDougall Jr
- Frank Blandford as Johnstone
- William Ralston as Brady
- Joy Thompson
- Pincher