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The Wimbledon Hockey Club was established in 1883 by E L Agar and A Donaldson to supply recreation in the winter months for cricketers. Agar was an inveterate founder who subsequently went on to found both The Hockey Association and the Surrey County Hockey Association. Initially the rules of hockey were virtually non-existent, teams played four a side, stopping the ball with the foot was encouraged, as was stick hooking and umpires only blew the whistle if any of the players appealed. So it was not surprising that when The Hockey Association was established in 1886 formal rules were drawn up and Agar made sure that it was the Wimbledon rules that were adopted and theses are still the basis of those we play today.