The first match The AFL Commission identified as a direct precursor to the codification of Australian football was organised and umpired by Tom Wills and contested on 31 July 1858 between Melbourne Grammar School Football Club and Scotch College, adjacent to the Melbourne Cricket Ground at the Richmond Paddock. A follow up match occurred on 11 August 1858. The advised match of 14 August 1858 did not take place thus a scratch match was played. The oldest surviving set of rules of Australian rules football were drawn up on 17 May 1859, three days after the reformation of the Melbourne Football Club for the 1859 season. Melbourne Football club was first formed on 31 July 1858 when a code of rules were written. These rules were based on school football rules but made simpler, so they were easier to follow.