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Three schools maintain their own football games: the Field Game and the Wall Game at Eton; Harrow Football; and Winchester Football.
School Football games also had a substantial influence on the origins of Australian rules football. The earliest recorded football matches in Australia were English school football matches and the Cordner-Eggleston Cup (first played in 1858) is officially acknowledged as the first game of Australian rules football.
Read more about this topic: English Public School Football Games
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