TOWARDS A PHILOSOPHY FOR LEGISLATION IN GAELIC GAMES (A p p e n d ix 2 ) [Compiled by Joe Lennon in part submission for a post graduate research degree at Dublin City University 1993-1999 on the Philosophy for Legislation ] TOWARDS A PHILOSOPHY FOR LEGISLATION IN GAELIC GAMES (A ppendix 2) Part 1: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE PLAYING RULES OF FOOTBALL AND HURLING 1884-2000 Part 2: THE EARLY PLAYING RULES OF OTHER FOOTBALL AND BALL AND STICK GAMES Compiled by JOSEPH F. LENNON D.L.C.P.E., M.SC. [Appendix 1 is a separate volume which contains a collection of the rules o f hurling as played in Cornwall and Devon in the 16th and 17th centuries, the early rules of hurley and hurling 1869-1889, the playing rules of football and hurling 1884-2000 and the composite rules of the Hurling-Shmty International games 1933-2000 ] Published by The Northern Recreation Consultants Gormanstown, Co Meath, Ireland Published by Northern Recreation Consultants 1999 Copyright © Joseph F Lennon 1999 This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent, nor in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published Sale of this book is also on condition that all or part of this book may not be reproduced by photocopying nor by any means, electronic or otherwise, without the express prior consent of the publisher in writing ISBN 1 902097 01 1 Printed by Colourbooks Limited Baldoyle Industrial Estate Dublin 13 Ireland *97 i 3 4 2 6 8 «z_ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The work in this Appendix 2 could not have been started without the generosity of all those who helped to find the sets of rules reproduced in Appendix 1 I am happy to acknowledge their help agam The collection of the early rules of other games depended on the help of many people too I wish to thank them, and to acknowledge that without their help, this comparative analysis would be missing the important feature of cross-reference to what was happening concurrently in other games Once again I thank Hugh Dan McLennan for copies of the early rules of Shinty He has just completed a Ph D research project - Shinty Dies Hard A reassessment and redefinition with particular reference to its survival and development in the 19th century in Australia, Canada, England and Ireland, 1998 ‘Shinty Dies Hard’ is the title of his next book Alistair McIntyre, Chief Executive Officer, Camanachd Association sent some copies of the rules of Shinty which were needed for this work Dr Tony Collins, archivist of Rugby League Union, sent me some very useful material on the early laws and play of that game some of which is included in his PhD thesis ‘Class, Commercialism and Community and Development of the Northern Rugby League Union, 1857-1910’ published in 1998 by Frank Cass & Co as ‘Rugby’s Great Split' He also referred me to other useful sources of information My thanks to Mr M K Howells of Oxhey, Hertfordshire who sent me rules of hockey extracted from his book on hockey Mo bhuideachais do Shile de Bhailis, Runai, Cumann Camogaiochta na nGael, who sent me copies of the rules of camogie and Official Guides Thanks also to Mr Kevin Lehman, Company Secretary of the Australian League for permission to reproduce parts of the laws of Australian Rules Football; to John Keogh AFL Administration Officer for copies of the laws of Australian Rules and to Col Hutchinson, AFL Statistician/Historian for the early rules of Australian Football and interesting statistics on Umpiring, Free Kicks, and the history and development of Australian Rules Professor Geoffrey Blarney kindly gave me permission to reproduce the text of the early rules of Australian Football which appear m his book, A Game of Our Own - The Origins o f Australian Football My thanks to J J O’Dumin of The Southern Cross, Buenos Aires who sent a copy of the rules of hurling as played in Argentina which appeared in his paper on 17 August, 1900; and to Eugene Yore, a Westmeath man, now living in Patagonia for sending a copy of reports from The Southern Cross of hurling matches, under the heading Camanacht, played m Argentina in 1915 The Secretary of FIFA kindly sent me copies of the Laws of Association Football, and the Secretary of the English F A sent a copy of the early rules of Association Football I am very grateful for a much valued document sent by the secretary of the Rugby Football Union which is a photocopy of the first rules of Rugby m beautiful copperplate handwriting The corrections to this manuscript indicate how the next set of rules would have read xxm My thanks to Mr Michael Lachapelle; General Manager, Canadian Lacrosse Association and also to The Ontario Lacrosse Association for the rules of the Men’s Field and Box Lacrosse and Women’s Field Lacrosse The large information pack on the folklore, origins, history and development of Canada’s national game was most useful The SECTION 12 SAFETY AND EQUIPMENT statement of Safety Policy provided a valuable insight into the philosophy underlying the legislation governing Canada’s national game ' The secretary of the English Women’s Lacrosse Association and the Secretary of the American Lacrosse Association sent copies of the early rules for which I am very grateful My thanks to Alan Hodgson who managed somehow to put a semblance of order on much of this material, and for converting it to WordPerfect which made life so much easier Finally, I must thank my wife, Anne, again for her tireless efforts in getting this second Appendix typed into a storage system, and patiently reading back the transcripts of the rules JOE LENNON Spring, 1999 XXIV PREFACE An analysis of a single set of the Rules of Play of a game which contains as many as 35 rules as in Gaelic Football or Hurling in 1990 or the 28 laws of Rugby Union Football as in the 1993- 94 season is quite a difficult task unless these rules are drafted in a format in which all the legislation dealing with each discrete aspect of the rules or laws is presented in a single rule or law For example, all the legislation which deals with scores is a discrete aspect of a game, and when drafted in a single rule, an analysis of this aspect is much easier than when the legislation dealing with scores is embedded in several rules The comparison of successive sets of Rules of Play is equally facilitated when these sets have the same format of discrete aspects Importantly, the comparison of sets of Rules of Play of different games is facilitated if their rules are drafted in discrete aspects or translated into discrete aspects prior to analysis A standardised format of presentation facilitates a comparative analysis of the Rules of Play of a single edition of the rules of a game, successive editions over time and of editions of rules of many games over any period of time for which the complete sets Rules of Play are available Using this method of analysis, it is possible to compare the very first set of rules of any game with the current rules, and to demonstrate clearly what changes have taken place over the intervening years It is also possible to demonstrate precisely what changes have occurred in each and every aspect of any game over any period of time For example, the development in legislation with respect to scores or technical fouls can be traced very accurately and illustrated In addition to this type of comparison, a standardised format of presentation facilitates the analysis of the Playing Rules with respect to other important aspects of the rules Characteristics of the Rules of Play can be more readily identified An assessment can be made as to whether or not the Rules of Play are easy to read, remember and apply This analysis can identify what changes are required to achieve this ideal The most important aspect of the playing rules which this format and analysis can be used to determine is the philosophic content of the Playing Rules If there are rules which are specifically aimed at reducing the risk of injury, then it can be argued that the legislators were concerned about the welfare of players, and recognised that they have a duty of care to protect the players If there are rules which punish foul play adequately and fairly, it can be argued that the legislators were concerned to reduce foul play and to promote fair play by making ‘the punishment fit the crime’ These examples can only be regarded as elements or strands of philosophic thought If a set of rules contains many strands of philosophic thought, it could be argued that there is a philosophic basis or that the legislators had an overall philosophy which guided their thinking in formulating and drafting the legislation However, the existence of such strands does not necessarily prove this In this respect, it can be argued that the philosophy of legislation is ‘a seamless garment’ only when it is clear that the collective strands of philosophic thought evident in the entire corpus x x v of legislation are inspired by an overall philosophy rather than some good ides which have become legislation in a piecemeal fashion The object of the work in this appendix is to examine all the available sets of Playing Rules for football and hurling to determine if these rules contain strands of philosophic thought and whether what strands are identified can be regarded as an overall philosophic approach to the legislation Since the evolution and differentiation of our national games from what can be regarded as common ancestors, it was found both useful and instructive to refer