Football
Canadian football – called simply "football" in Canada; "football" in Canada can mean either Canadian or American football depending on context. All of the variants listed for American football are also attested for Canadian football. The word football, when used in reference to a specific game can mean any one of those described above. Wills and others involved in these early matches formed the Melbourne Football Club on 14 May 1859. Club members Wills, William Hammersley, J. B. Thompson and Thomas H. Smith met with the intention of forming a set of rules that would be widely adopted by other clubs. The committee debated rules used in English public school games; Wills pushed for various rugby football rules he learnt during his schooling. The first rules share similarities with these games, and were shaped to suit to Australian conditions. C. A. Harrison, a seminal figure in Australian football, recalled that his cousin Wills wanted "a game of our own...