despite following the football association rules (although slight modifications had been introduced), most of the members preferred to follow the rugby union rules, using the hands instead of their feet. that was because those members came from different cities of england, where football in each was played in a different way, often using the hands instead feet, or both. therefore the members of bafc played the game as they did in the towns of their birth, being a mix of football and rugby with no defined rules. as a consequence, on 13 may 1874 the club called its members to discuss the point "4" of its rules.