336:. A match began and Mayor William Mousley read the Riot Act prior to summoning the local militia. The match was nevertheless played and a goal scored despite the efforts of the soldiers, many of whom became actively involved in the game. Fifteen arrests were made afterward and no attempt made to stage the 1847 event.
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The essential difference in the two codes was that the dribbling game did not allow a player to run with the ball in his hands or pass it by hand to a colleague, although the earliest rules did allow players to touch and control the ball by hand. The main dribbling schools were
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It is about this time that a set of written rules is believed to have been in existence at Eton
College. Although Eton allowed the ball to be touched and controlled by hand, it did not allow running with the ball in the hand or passing of the ball by hand. As in
288:. Even though these schools agreed on the essentials of the game, there were crucial differences in the details. For example, while Eton allowed a player to stop the ball with his hands, Harrow allowed him to make a clean catch to earn a
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Adoption at some but by no means all public schools of the 1843 Cambridge rules, which have not survived as a document. The rules were rolled out from the schools by graduates who formed football clubs.
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Football Rules which allowed the ball to be carried and passed by hand. These rules are the earliest that are definitely known to have been written and they were a major step in the evolution of
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383:(d. 1907), English sportsman who was a key influence in the development of both international football and cricket; as FA secretary, he was the driving force in the creation of the
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and other handling variants. The Rugby School rules made a clear distinction between handling and dribbling, the latter being defined as running with the ball at one's feet.
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were created by students still confused by the different rules operating at their various schools. Cambridge was the first attempt at codifying the rules of what became
458:(d. 1923), Scotland international in 1873 who played in the second official international match; played in a record nine FA Cup finals with five wins and four defeats.
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351:, games were adjudicated by two umpires who later become the linesmen. The referee was introduced at Eton but only as an arbitrator when the umpires disagreed.
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630:(d. 1920), Scotland international in 1873 who played in the second official international match; scorer of Scotland's first-ever international goal.
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516:(d. 1914), Scotland international in 1872–73 who played in the first two official international matches.
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437:(d. 1887), Scotland international in 1872 who played in the first official international match.
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523:(d. 1917), England international in 1876 and one of three brothers who all played for England.
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551:(d. 1924), England international goalkeeper in 1875 (one match).
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29:
Overview of the events of the 1840s in association football
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530:(d. 1921), England international in 1874 (one match).
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Beastly Fury – The
Strange Birth of British Football
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42:List of years in association football
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1777:1840s in association football
860:Geography of women's football
687:. FIFA. 2020. Archived from
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18:1845 in association football
855:Geography of men's football
660:"Football: The Early Years"
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662:. Encyclopaedia Britannica
785:Sanders, Richard (2009).
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230:. All events happened in
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597:(d. 1907), later called
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922:Prehistory of football
789:. London: Transworld.
264:(the "handling" game).
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489:William Kenyon-Slaney
881:Capeverdean football
835:Association football
762:Sanders, pp. 32, 41.
628:Henry Renny-Tailyour
258:association football
228:association football
927:History of football
896:Senegalese football
753:Sanders, pp. 1–16.
616:from 1872 to 1878.
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595:Frederick Chappell
570:Harwood Greenhalgh
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796:978-0-55-381935-9
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500:FA Cup Final
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494:30 August –
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447:5 January –
308:rugby league
304:Rugby School
270:Charterhouse
225:
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191:Architecture
111:
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581:rugby union
577:Reg Birkett
575:28 March –
533:6 August –
480:(d. 1915),
461:31 March –
401:(d. 1876),
399:James Smith
312:rugby union
282:Westminster
186:Archaeology
1771:Categories
906:USA soccer
837:chronology
739:18 January
695:18 January
666:18 January
642:References
621:Alex Rhind
604:31 July –
593:22 July –
586:9 April –
568:6 March –
554:unknown –
476:19 June –
471:goalkeeper
286:Winchester
206:Philosophy
196:Literature
941:By decade
869:Timelines
843:Overviews
614:Wanderers
528:John Owen
526:25 May –
519:16 May –
397:summer –
290:free kick
876:Football
512:1 May –
403:Scotland
334:Riot Act
977:By year
915:History
482:England
467:captain
349:cricket
248:At the
211:Science
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735:. 2007
610:FA Cup
385:FA Cup
369:Births
278:Harrow
238:Events
968:1860s
963:1850s
958:1840s
953:1830s
948:1820s
502:goal.
330:Derby
201:Music
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1749:2023
1744:2022
1739:2021
1734:2020
1729:2019
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1024:1878
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1004:1874
999:1873
994:1872
989:1871
984:1870
791:ISBN
741:2020
697:2020
668:2020
563:1849
507:1848
469:and
442:1847
428:1846
414:1845
392:1844
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284:and
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243:1843
218:+...
165:1850
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71:1832
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61:1830
181:Art
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