In the 1900s, the goal from mark was fixed at three points and it remained set at this amount until the rule's eventual abolition.
The option of a place-kick in line with the try (as in a modern conversion) appeared in the first Rugby Football Union laws of 1871.
The last goal from a mark scored in an international match was by Romania against France in the 1971–72 FIRA Nations Cup on 11 December 1971.
The original 1863 laws of Association Football also permitted a free kick from a fair catch, from which a goal could be scored; this provision was eliminated in 1866.
[4] In late 2018, the Gaelic Athletic Association introduced an offensive mark to permit forward players, who had received an aerial pass which had travelled at least 20 metres, to stop play and essentially take a free kick.