Throw-in 1842: Several features of this passages are notable: The 1851 rules of Rugby School describe a similar procedure, except that the ball is thrown in rather than struck or hit; this is the ancestor of the line-out in rugby union: Similar "throw-in" laws are found in the Cambridge rules of 1856, the Sheffield rules of 1858, the laws of Melbourne FC (1859), and indeed the original FA laws of 1863 (see below). Other codes had a kick-in rather than a throw-in. These included the "Foot-Ball Club" of Edinburgh (1833), Harrow football (1858), Barnes FC (1862), Blackheath FC (1862), and the
Warwickshire Rugby Football Union Warwickshire Rugby Football Union The Warwickshire Rugby Football Union is a governing body for rugby union in part of The Midlands, England. The union is the constituent body of the Rugby Football Union for the city of Coventry and the county of Warwickshire. The current president is Mike Hemming, of the "Old Leamingtonians" club. The Warwickshire RFU was created in 1914, after ceding from the now defunct "Midland Counties Rugby Union". "Warwickshire" play in the County Championship. As of 2015, the representative side competes in the County Championship Shield, the competition for third-tier counties. However, in the past, the county