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.
A cricket match takes place in the country between the towns of Piper's Flat and Molonglo.
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 The film was shot in the Melbourne suburb of Ashburton and on location in the Dandenong Ranges.
[4] The film was previewed in October and made its debut in Adelaide on 10 November 1924 to coincide with the first match between the South Australian cricket team and a visiting English side.