H. de Winton and J. C. Thring

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H. (Henry) de Winton and J. C. (John Charles) Thring were the two football players from Cambridge University (formerly of Shrewsbury School) responsible for a set of rules that were influential upon the formulation of the first set of rules for association football i.e. (the Laws of the Game).

In 1848, they called a meeting at Trinity College, Cambridge, with representatives from Eton, Harrow, Rugby, Winchester and Shrewsbury. An eight-hour meeting took place, and the rules were produced, known as the Cambridge Rules. No copy of these rules now exists, but a revised edition from c.1856 is held in the library at Shrewsbury School, a later revision produced in October of 1863 were brought to the table at an early meeting of The Football Association (FA) in December, the adoption of some of the ideas from this set of rules led to the decision of the FA to make hacking and carrying illegal, thus precipitating the split with rugby football. Thring also produced another set of rules when he was a master at Uppingham School in 1862, which he called The Simplest Game. These rules are also known as the Uppingham Rules.

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