“ A rule of the game says a player may not kick the ball higher than the average height of the shoulders, or five feet, unless he kicks the ball while free of the ground.
No player is allowed to be in advance of the ball, lying in wait for it. If chance places him in such a position, he must not kick it or prevent the opposing players from doing so. There is an exception to this rule, which is, in the case of a kick-off after goal, when the players on the side taking the kick are allowed to be in advance to prevent their adversaries from scoring another goal by returning it at once. ”

“ This novel arrangement does away with all the questions of touch in goal, rouges, and kicks off after the ball has been driven behind goal, that occur in other games. A knowledge of this feature will explain their rule disallowing kicking the ball above the height of the shoulder, unless it be kicked while in the air, and will also explain the law which provides that the goal shall not count if a player near the goal-line can touch the ball as it passes, and then, leaping up, or having leapt up to touch it, can alight beyond the line. ”

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