The Cambridge Rules, were a code of football drawn up at Cambridge University in 1848 by H. de Winton and J. C. Thring. The resulting game, which had significant differences to later varieties of football, is nevertheless regarded as contributing to the invention of association football (by the Football Association in 1863). An Australian rules football match at the Richmond Paddock, Melbourne, in 1866. ... REDIRECT [1] ... 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... H. de Winton and J. C. (John Charles) Thring were the two footballer players from Cambridge University (formerly of Shrewsbury School) responsible for the first formal set of rules for association football. ... The striker (wearing red jersey) has run past the defender (in white jersey) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to stop the ball. ... The Football Association (The FA) is the governing body of football in England (and the Crown dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man). ...
No copy of the 1848 rules survives, although various revised versions do. One of these, from 1862, stipulates the following: 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
A goal is scored whenever the ball is forced through the goal and under the bar, except it be thrown by hand.
Hands may be used only to stop a ball and place it on the ground before the feet.
Kicks must be aimed only at the ball.
A player may not kick the ball whilst in the air.
No tripping up or heel kicking allowed.
Whenever a ball is kicked beyond the side flags, it must be returned by the player who kicked it, from the spot it passed the flag line, in a straight line towards the middle of the ground.
When a ball is kicked behind the line of goal, it shall be kicked off from that line by one of the side whose goal it is.
No player may stand within six paces of the kicker when he is kicking off.
A player is "out of play" immediately he is in front of the ball and must return behind the ball as soon as possible. If the ball is kicked by his own side past a player, he may not touch or kick it, or advance, until one of the other side has first kicked it, or one of his own side has been able to kick it on a level with, or in front of him.
No charging allowed when a player is "out of play"; that is, immediately the ball is behind him.
The Cambridgerules (which formed the basis of the FA rules) were drawn up in Cambridge in 1848.
For sure these rules could be said to be ancestral to all subsequent games, but they definitely favour the kicking game, but they are a bit of a distraction as far as the Association game is concerned as the rules of Thring and other people at Cambridge were used by the FA.
And although their rules were not officially codified until 1870, it is a very old game and this adds some weight to the idea that it was an Irish tradition to have players from both teams roaming freely on a playing field.
Feeds |
Contact