H. de Winton and J. C. Thring
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Henry de Winton and John Charles Thring were influential in the development of modern codes of football
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. In 1848, at Cambridge University
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 they published a set of rules — Cambridge Rules — that were widely adopted in England
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. These influenced the development of Association football, Australian rules football
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, and subsequent games.

Winton and Thring both attended Shrewsbury School
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Shrewsbury School is a co-educational independent school for pupils aged 13 to 18, founded by Royal Charter in 1552. The present campus to which the school moved in 1882 is located on the banks of the River Severn in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England...

 before going to Cambridge.

In 1848, they called a meeting at Trinity College, Cambridge
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, with representatives from Eton
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, Harrow
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, Rugby
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, Winchester and Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury School
Shrewsbury School is a co-educational independent school for pupils aged 13 to 18, founded by Royal Charter in 1552. The present campus to which the school moved in 1882 is located on the banks of the River Severn in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England...

. 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
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The Football Association, also known as simply The FA, is the governing body of football in England, and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. It was formed in 1863, and is the oldest national 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
Rugby football
Rugby football is a style of football named after Rugby School in the United Kingdom. It is seen most prominently in two current sports, rugby league and rugby union.-History:...

. 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
Uppingham School
Uppingham School is a co-educational independent school of the English public school tradition, situated in the small town of Uppingham in Rutland, England...

 in 1862, which he called The Simplest Game. These rules are also known as the Uppingham Rules.
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