Members of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" id="mwdg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne Football Club</a> codified the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laws_of_Australian_rules_football#Melbourne_Rules_of_1859" id="mwdw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Laws of Australian rules football">first rules</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_rules_football" id="mweA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Australian rules football">Australian rules football</a>.