H. (Henry) de Winton and J. C. (John Charles) Thring were influential in the development of modern
codes of football. In
1848, at
Cambridge University they published a set of rules —
Cambridge Rules — that were widely adopted in
England. These influenced the development of
Association football,
Australian rules football, and subsequent games.
Winton and Thring both attended
Shrewsbury School before going to Cambridge.
In
1848, they called a meeting at
Trinity College, Cambridge, with representatives from
Eton,
Harrow,
Rugby,
Winchester and Shrewsbury. An eight-hour meeting took place, and the Cambridge rules were produced. No copy of these rules now exists, but a revised edition from about
1856 is held in the library at Shrewsbury School.
A later revision produced in October 1863 were brought to the table at an early meeting of
The Football Association (FA) in December. The adoption of some of the ideas from this set of rules led to the decision of the FA to make hacking and carrying illegal, thus precipitating the split with
rugby football. The Cambridge rules were therefore the basis of the FA's
Laws of the Game.
Thring also produced another set of rules when he was a master at
Uppingham School in 1862, which he called
The Simplest Game. These rules are also known as the
Uppingham Rules.
Football is the name given to a number of different team sports. The most popular of these world-wide is association football (also known as soccer). The English word "football" is also applied to American football (also known as gridiron), Australian rules football, Canadian
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University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University), located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world and has a reputation as one of the world's most prestigious universities.
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The Cambridge Rules were a code of football rules first drawn up at Cambridge University in 1848, by a committee that included H. de Winton and J. C. Thring. They are also notable for allowing goalkicks, throw-ins, and forward passes and for preventing running whilst holding the
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Motto
Dieu et mon droit (French)
"God and my right"
Anthem
No official anthem specific to England — the anthem of the United Kingdom is "God Save the Queen".
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Association football, commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players. It is the most popular sport in the world.
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Australian rules football, also known as Australian football, Aussie rules, or simply "football" or "footy" is a code of football played with a prolate spheroid ball, on large oval shaped fields (cricket fields), with four posts at each end.
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Shrewsbury School
Motto Intus Si Recte Ne Labora (Latin: "If Right Within, Trouble Not")
Established 1552
Type Public School
Religious affiliation Church of England
Headmaster Jeremy W.R.
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Trinity College
College name The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity
Motto Virtus Vera Nobilitas
(Latin: Virtue is true nobility)
Named after
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King's College of Our Lady of Eton
Motto Floreat Etona
(May Eton Flourish)
Established 1440
Type Public School
Religious affiliation Anglican
Head Master Anthony Little
Provost
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Harrow School
Motto Stet Fortuna Domus (Latin: "Let the fortune of the house stand")
Donorum Dei Dispensatio Fidelis (Latin: "The faithful guardians of the gifts of God")
Established 1572
Type Public School
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Rugby School
Motto Orando Laborando
(By praying, by working)
Established 1567
Type Independent school
Religious affiliation Anglican
Headmaster Patrick S J Derham MA
Founder
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Winchester College
Motto Manners makyth man
Established 1382
Type Public School
Head Master Dr Ralph Townsend
Founder William of Wykeham
Location
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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. The FA has a unique place in the history of football.
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Rugby football, often just "rugby", may refer to a number of sports descended from a common form of football developed at Rugby School in England, United Kingdom. Rugby union, rugby league, and, to a lesser extent, American football and Canadian football, are modern sports
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The
Laws of the Game (also known as the
Laws of Football) are the rules governing a game of association football (soccer).
Current Laws of the Game
The current
Laws of the Game consists of 17 individual laws:
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Established 1584
Type Public boarding school
Headmaster Richard S Harman, MA
Founder Archdeacon Robert Johnson
Location Uppingham
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The Cambridge Rules were a code of football rules first drawn up at Cambridge University in 1848, by a committee that included H. de Winton and J. C. Thring. They are also notable for allowing goalkicks, throw-ins, and forward passes and for preventing running whilst holding the
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The Cambridge Rules were a code of football rules first drawn up at Cambridge University in 1848, by a committee that included H. de Winton and J. C. Thring. They are also notable for allowing goalkicks, throw-ins, and forward passes and for preventing running whilst holding the
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