Francis Willughby's Book of Games from about 1660 includes the earliest known "law" of football: "they must not strike [an opponent's leg] higher than the ball".

Option B is the correct answer. Robert Brough-Smyth wrote the 1878 book "The Aborigines of Victoria" which includes an anecdote about Marn Grook.

Eton College codified the first known set of rules for football in 1815, and Aldenham School followed in 1825.

Passing and tackling are common skills in most codes of football.

Goals or points can result from players putting the ball between two goalposts.

Option B is the correct answer. William Strachey recorded a game played by Native Americans called Pahsaheman in 1610.

English public schools were the first to codify football games. In particular, they devised the first offside rules, during the late 18th century. The first known codes – in the sense of a set of rules – were those of Eton in 1815 and Aldenham in 1825.

Option C is the correct answer. The game played by Northeastern American Indians, which made use of net racquets to throw and catch a small ball is called lacrosse.

In most codes of football, there are rules restricting the movement of players offside.

The earliest known evidence of organized team football comes from the Vulgaria by William Herman in 1519, which includes a translation exercise with the phrase "We wyll playe with a ball full of wynde".