The concept of innings was used: the team with the bat was "in", until put "out" by the opposing side. If "one-out, all-out" was the rule, the defensive team only needed to retire one man to end the inning. However, the game might also be played as "all-out, all-out", meaning that every player had to be retired (as in cricket) before sides were changed. Matches might be played for an agreed-upon number of innings, or until one side had achieved a requisite number of tallies.