Cambridge rules

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The Cambridge Rules ( Cambridge Rules ) are a collection of football rules , in 1848 at the University of Cambridge de by a committee headed by Henry Winton and John Charles Thring were set up. The revised form of the rules from 1863 forms the basis for the rules of today's football game (in Great Britain mostly association football , in the USA derived from it called soccer ).

In 1846 de Winton and Thring, who had both attended Shrewsbury School , had succeeded in recruiting some former Eton students to join them in founding a football club at Cambridge University. Few games were played, but interest in the sport increased again in 1848. The story of how the rules came about was passed down in a letter dated October 8, 1897.

“I remember how the Eton men howled at the rugby men for handling the ball. So it was agreed that two men should be chosen to represent each of the public schools, and two who were not public school men, for the 'Varsity. G. Salt and myself were chosen for the 'Varsity. (...) We met in my rooms after Hall, which in those days was at 4.pm .; anticipating a long meeting, I cleared the tables and provided pens, ink and paper. (...) Every man brought a copy of his school rules, or knew them by heart, and our progress in framing new rules was slow. (...) The new rules were printed as the "Cambridge Rules", copies were distributed and pasted up on Parker's Piece, and very satisfactorily they worked, for it is right to add that they were loyally kept, and I never heard of any public school man who gave up playing from not liking the rules. (...) Well Sir, years afterwards someone took these rules, still in force at Cambridge, and with a very few alterations they became the Association Rules. "

“I remember those from Eton yelling at those from rugby for playing the ball with their hands . So it was agreed that two men should be selected to represent each of the public schools and two men who did not come from public schools for the university. G. Salt and I were selected for university. (...) We met in my rooms after lunch, which was then at 4 p.m. In anticipation of a long meeting, I cleared the tables and provided several pens, ink, and paper. (…) Everyone brought a copy of their school rules or knew them by heart, and our progress in drafting new rules was slow. (…) The new rules were printed as the Cambridge Rules, copies were distributed and posted on Parker's Piece (a public park in Cambridge), and they were very satisfactory, for one may add that they were loyally obeyed and I have never heard of owned by someone from a public school who stopped gambling because of these rules. (…) Yes, sir, years later someone took these rules, which were still in use at Cambridge, and with a few changes they became the Association Rules . "

- HC Malden

The Cambridge University Football Rules of 1848 consisted of eleven paragraphs:

  1. This club is called "University Foot Ball Club".
  2. At the start of the game, the ball should be kicked in the middle of the playing field; the game should be restarted in the same way after each goal.
  3. After a goal: the team that has to accept the goal should carry out the restart and the sides should be changed, if no other arrangements have been made in advance.
  4. The ball is out of bounds when it has passed the outer line between the flags on either side of the field. In this case the ball must be thrown in directly.
  5. The ball is “behind” when it goes out on either side of the goal.
  6. If the ball is "behind", it should be shot in from the same point at which it went out, with a maximum deviation of ten paces.
  7. A goal is scored when the ball is shot between the flag posts below the rope.
  8. If a player catches the ball in his foot, he may continue to shoot it immediately without running with it. In no other case may the ball be touched with the hands except to stop it.
  9. If the ball is played past a player from the direction of his own goal, the player may only touch the ball again after the opponent has played it again, unless he has more than three players from the opposing team in front of him. No player is allowed to stand between the ball and the opposing goal.
  10. Under no circumstances may a player be held, pushed with the hands, or kicked. Any player may prevent his opponents from gaining possession of the ball by any means consistent with these rules.
  11. Every game is decided by the majority of goals scored.

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