Rugby-Football and
Canadian Football today are
two different sports, but at
one time their paths were
intertwined. It started in
1865, when McGill University
played English-speaking
officers that were stationed
there. When 1874 came, McGill
developed their own set of
| rules, which are similar to
today's Rugby and Football
rules.
With the rules made,
McGill decided that they
wanted to challenge Harvard
for two games of Rugby-
Football, but there were a
couple differences between
the styles of game. One
| difference was that McGill
used a predecessor to what a
football looks like, while
Harvard was using a
predecessor to what a soccer
ball looked like. The second
difference was the style of
play. Harvard's style of play
is that a player can run and
pass the ball only if he was
| being pursued by an opponent.
Once the opposing player gave
up pursuit he called out to
the runner, who had to kick
the ball. In McGill's style
of play, a player is
permitted to kick and pick up
the ball any time they well
please and run with it.
The first of two games
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