Cricket was introduced to colonial Indonesia (the Dutch East Indies) in the early 1880s, by Dutch workers. The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa was reported to have interrupted a match being played in Batavia (present-day Jakarta), by the members of the Bataviasche Cricket Club. That club was joined in September 1893 by the Bataviasche Cricket-Football Club, which was incorporated in May 1894. Cricket and association football were introduced to the country around the same time, and many of the early clubs played both sports. Gymnastiek Vereeniging, founded in Medan in November 1887, was one such club, and in 1890 played fixtures in both sports against a club from Penang (in present-day Malaysia). The Singapore Cricket Club was also reported to have visited. The rise of cricket in the Dutch East Indies coincided with a decline in popularity in the Netherlands, as many Dutch players moved to the colonies. However, Dutchmen were not the sport's only players, with at least one club in Batavia being formed by the British community. That city maintained a cricket ground until the 1960s, on the site of the present National Monument.