Dropped Goal
- (R.) A goal obtained by a drop-kick, if it be not a free kick inflicted as a penalty for the breach of some rule. In such a case, even though from a drop-kick, it ranks as a penalty goal.
Fair Catch.-(R.) [See RULE 2 (R.).] Feed. To give to one of the same team a succession of convenient passes. Five Yards. - (R.) No man who lay in front of the kicker can interfere with a player waiting to receive the ball, or who has received it, until he has run "five yards" with the ball, or until he himself has been "put on side" by the kicker.
Hence frequently heard as a cry of warning to an impetuous forward.
Follow Up.-(R.) To run on after a high kick in order to reach the player who expects to receive it, and tackle him before he can return the kick.
Forward.--(R.) [See THROWN FORWARD.] Forwards.-(R.) The eight or nine players who form the scrummage. (A.) The five players who form the front line of a team, arranged as follows: left outside, left inside, centre, right inside, right outside.
Foul.-(R.) Illegal obstruction of a player when not in possession of the ball. (A.) Originally any deliberate unfairness in tackling a man, now often used for accidental illegality, e.g., a "foul throw."
Free Kick.- (R.) [See RULE IO (R.).] (A.) [See DEFINITION 2 (A.).] Full Back.-[See BACK.] Gate.-(1) Money taken from the crowd that comes to see a football match, or, (2), persons composing the crowd.
Goal.-(R.) [See RULES I (R.) and I (A.).] Goalkeeper.- (A.) The player who stands between the posts, who is allowed to use his hands in his own half of the field.
Goal-kick.-(R.) The attempt to kick a goal from a try. (A.) The kick-out when the ball has gone behind. It must be made from a spot within 6 yards of the nearest goal post.
Goal-line. The line which runs from corner to corner of the ground under the cross-bar.
Goal-net.-(A.) A network behind the goal, into which the ball passes if it goes through, and thereby assists the referee in determining disputes as to whether it went over or under the bar.
Ground.-[See RULES I (R.) and 1 (A.).] Hacking.-Deliberately kicking at an opponent.
Half-back.-(R.) One of the two players who stand behind the scrummage to intercept the ball if the opposing forwards bring it through, or the half bring it round, and themselves to pass it to the three-quarters. (A.) One of the three players who keep between the full-backs and the forwards, feeding the latter and helping the former to keep back the opponents.
Handing-off. - (R.) Pushing off an opponent who endeavours to impede a player running with the ball.
Handling, or Hands. (A.) Wilfully touching the ball with any part of the arm when in play.
Only the goalkeeper can do so without a penalty. "Hands" is given against the offender.
Heeling-out.-(R.) The practice of forwards in a scrummage pushing back the ball to their halves, in order that they may kick it into touch or pass to the three-quarters.
Held.-(R.) A player is "held" when an opponent has both hands on the ball, or when he is neither able to go further himself nor to pass the ball to another.
Holding is the obstruction of a player by any part of hand or arm extending from the body.
Illegal in Association Football.
In-goal.-(R.) ( See RULE 2 (R.).] Keep a man off. To obstruct an opponent from approaching a colleague who is about to play the ball. Illegal in Rugby Football.
Kick off. The kick at the centre of the ground when the game begins or is restarted after half- 4 [FOOTBALL. time, or after a goal has been scored. The side losing the toss commences the match; the side winning the toss kicks off at half-time, and the side that loses the goal kicks off during the game.
Kick out or Drop out. - [See RULE 2 (R.).] Knock on.-Legally equivalent to thrown forward, but more usually confined in practice to hitting the ball forward with hand or arms. League System. - The practice of selecting a definite number of clubs, and arranging for them to play home and home matches with each other.
Leg up.-(R.) The appeal against a forward lifting his leg in the scrummage before the ball is put in, so that he may scrape it back into his own half.
Line out.-(R.) The arrangement of forwards opposite to one another when the ball is about to be thrown in from touch.
Linesman (A.) or Touch-judge (R.). The official who stops the game when the ball goes out of the field of play, and decides whose is the right to throw it in.
Man down. (R.) The usual form of a request to the referee to stop the game on account of one or more forwards slipping down in the scrummage, and being unable to get up.
Mark.-[See RULE 2 (R.).] Marking a Man. Keeping close to an opponent in order to hamper him if he should receive the ball.
No charge. (R.) The decision of the referee not to allow the players of one side to rush at a man taking a free kick after the ball is down or after the man has started to run for the drop, on the ground that they had started the rush too early before.
No side. (R.) The form of the referee's announcement that the time allowed for the game, usually thirty-five or forty minutes each way, has expired.
Northern Union.-(R.) An organisation formed almost entirely of clubs in Yorkshire and Lancashire, which left the Rugby Union in 1895, in order to be able to pay what they might think proper as compensation for the broken time of their members without incurring the punishment of suspension.
Off-side.-[See RULES 7 and 8 (R.) and RULE 6 (A.).] Pack.-(R.) The forwards who compose onehalf of the scrummage. Frequently used of the scrummage itself, e.g., "tight packs."
Pass. To kick or throw the ball deliberately to a colleague.
Penalty area. - (A.) That space marked out in front of either goal, within which unfair play is penalised with special severity.
Penalty goal. - (R.) A goal which is kicked from a free kick awarded by some breach of the rules.
Penalty kick.- [Sce RULE 17 (A.).] Picked up or Picked out. - (R.) The appeal to a referee against a forward who has picked up the ball in a scrummage, or a half who has picked it out from the forwards' legs.
Place.-(R.) To kick a ball successfully over the bar and between the posts after it has been placed upon the ground.
Place kick.- [See RULE 2 (R.) and DEFINI- TION I (A.).] Points.-(R.) A try counts three points; a penalty goal three points; a goal from a try (in which case the try does not count) five points; any other goal, e.g., a dropped goal, a goal from a mark, or one simply kicked from the ground, four points (A.) Each goal simply one point.
FOOTBALL] Poster.-(R.) A place kick which, in the opinion of the referee, would have hit the posts produced upward and rebounded into the field of play.
Punch.-(A.) To hit the ball away without catching it: of a goal-keeper.
Punt.-[See RULE (R.).] Put on side. - [See ALL ON SIDE.] Referee. The official who is charged with the duty of starting the game, keeping time, and stopping, and penalising all unfair and illegal play. He is also charged with the keeping of the score.
Rugby Union. - The Union, formed in 1871, is composed of those clubs which allow the use of the arms to carry the ball and to impede opponents.
Run in.-(R.) To carry the ball over an opponent's goal line and set it down upon the ground. Scrag. To screw an opponent's neck under the arm in order to induce him to drop the ball.
Screw.-(R.) [See WHEEL.] Scrummage.- (R.) A scrummage takes place when the ball is put down between players who have closed round it on their respective sides, and who must have both feet on the ground. Also called Scrimmage, Scrum, and Pack, and sometimes Bully. Shin-guards. - Short pads of cane and leather, sometimes worn down the front of the leg as a protection from accidental hacks.
Swing.-(R.) [See WHEEL.] Tackle.-(R.) [See COLLAR.] (A.) To put one's self in front of a player who is dribbling the ball, and either take it away or force him to get rid of it at a disadvantage.