User:Grover cleveland/History of the laws of the game/1883

Adopted
February General Meeting of the Football Association, Freemasons' Tavern, 1883-02-22

Changes from 1882 Laws

 * FROM CONFERENCE: Ball shall be thrown in from touch with both hands (provided approved in Scotland)
 * FROM CONFERENCE: If rule awarding goal for handball that blocks goal "should be considered inadmissible in Scotland, then [it] should not be pressed"
 * BLACKBURN ROVERS: "not carrying the ball" be defined as allowing two steps
 * PROPOSED BY ALLCOCK: Average circumference of ball between 27-28 in.