At school we used to play a game called bullrush (it's sometimes called British bulldog). It was very popular, especially with the boys. Anywhere from 10 to 40 boys or girls could play. It was usually played on a football field. One player was chosen to be "it" and stood in the middle of the field. The others stood in a line at one end. The player who was "it" would then call the name of someone and they had to run across the field and reach the other end without being touched (or "tagged") by the player who was "it". If they got tagged, they would join the one in the middle, and call the name of someone else. On the other hand, if they managed to get to the other end without being tagged, all the other kids would shout "bullrush!" and run across the field together, with the one who was "it" trying to tag as many as possible. The game ended when there was only one person left who hadn't been tagged. That person then became "it" for the next game.

The game was often very rough, especially when it wasn't supervised by a teacher. Kids often ended up with bleeding noses. But it was great fun.