Counter.py

from collections import Counter


class Score():
    def __init__(self, name, points):
        self.name = name
        self.points = points

    def __hash__(self):
        return hash(tuple([self.name, self.points]))

    def __eq__(self, other):
        return self.name == other.name and self.points == other.points

    def __ne__(self, other):
        return self.name != other.name or self.points != other.points


x = Counter([
    Score('John', 1), 
    Score('Jeff', 2), 
    Score('Bob', 3), 
    Score('Dave', 4), 
    ])  

y = Counter([
    Score('John', 1), 
    Score('Bob', 3), 
    Score('Jeff', 2), 
    Score('Dave', 4), 
    ])  

assert x == y    

Tip for your __eq__ implementation: you can use return self.__dict__ == other.__dict__ as http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1227121/compare-object-instances-for-equality-by-their-attributes-in-python suggests. Also: do you need to override __ne__ if you implement __eq__?