Possession (sports) determined by several methods, including a coin flip (American football and cricket), home team status (baseball), or by giving the teams an equal opportunity to physically take possession; this may be called a dropped-ball (association football), a ball-up (Australian rules football), a jump ball (basketball), or a face-off (hockey). In some timed sports, the team with possession may try to "run time off the clock" by keeping the ball and not attempting to score, in order to deny the opposing team possession. A shot clock speeds gameplay by requiring teams to attempt to score within a certain period of time
How McDougall Topped the Score November 1924 to coincide with the first match between the South Australian cricket team and a visiting English side. However it does not appear to have had a wide release. 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. A cricket match takes place in the country between the towns of Piper's