Britsh citizen, William Wilson developed the rules for playing the water polo in late 19th century. Water polo is generally originated from rugby footabll which the British were playing for many years at the lakes and rivers of England and Scotland. They used a ball made up of indian rubber. Soon the water rugby were to be called “water polo”. A solid power was required in an early play, and players had to wrestle and hold the opposite players underwater to get the ball. The goalie is now outside the playing area and defended the goal by jumping in on any opponent attempting to score by placing the ball on the deck.
By the 1880s, the game evolved that stressed swimming, passing, and scoring by shooting into a goal net; players could only be tackled when holding the ball and could not be taken under water. To deal with constant changes in rules,
The 1880s era, the London Water Polo league came into being and defined some emerging rules to play which became the foundation of the game later. In 1888, The
first English Championship was played and in 1890, the first international water polo game was played in which Scotland got victory against England by 4-0.
From 1890 to 1900, water polo developed and played in Europe and the other countries like France, Australia, Germany, Hungry, Italy and Belgium were following the British rules to play. Another game in the USA were played as called the rough play, it was holding, diving underwater, and soft, semi-inflated ball that could be gripped tightly and carried underwater. As a result, European teams did not compete in the 1904 Olympic championships in St. Louis. By 1914, most US teams agreed to conform to international rules. An international water polo committee was formed in 1929, consisting of representatives from Great Britain and the International Amateur Swimming Federation (FINA). Rules were developed for international matches and put into effect in 1930, FINA has been the international governing body for the sport since that time.
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