Description of the Rules of Football as played at Shrewsbury School (1855)

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From a set of printed rules of "douling" or Football, dated "about 1855". Source gives only "the principal points in which the code then differed from modern Association [football]".

2581639Description of the rules of football as played at Shrewsbury School1855

1. Each side could consist of twelve, or of an unlimited number.

2. A match was decided by the best out of three 'games' (i.e. goals).

3. A goal could be kicked at any height.

4. A player who caught the ball direct from a kick could take a 'hoist' (i.e. drop kick); otherwise the ball might not be handled.

5. No one might stand wilfully between the ball and his opponent's goal.

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