run of play

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run of play (plural runs of play)

1. (idiomatic, sports, games) A passage of play; a series of consecutive moments, considered as a whole.
   • 2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 225:

     Except for the ending. Going down by nine points when we seemed to have the run of play was shattering.

   • 2010 April 25, Joshua Mayers, “Sounders FC 0, Toronto FC 2 -- postgame thoughts and player ratings”, in Seattle Times‎^[1]:

     Was it a dominating performance? No. Were you expecting dominance? Fact is, Sounders FC created more than twice the chances of the home team. While the finishing was sub-par, the run of play was controlled by the guys in green until the unfortunate mistakes.