English public school football games

Forms of football were played at English public schools, leading to the first written codes of football including the Eton College (1815) and Aldenham school (1825) football rules, and Rugby School's rugby football (1845). The earliest known match between two schools was Eton College v. Harrow School in 1834. Rules of association football were later born when The Football Association began to accept the 1863 Cambridge rules through a meeting of the Football Association in 1863.

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