When the British came to Australia, they played informal organised football games on leisure days (e.g. public or festival holidays). When football games were played, it allowed different cultures and religious groups to join together. The Launceston-based "Cornwall Chronicle" in 1845 described servants playing football with a leg of mutton. As Australia developed, people found they had more leisure time. Often employment involved limited physical activity. There was little in the way of leisure activities for young men to amuse themselves apart from drinking alcohol. From 1847 there was a big push in society for the formation of sporting clubs and the establishment of organised public games in Port Phillip. The Gymnastic Games included organised football games and ran from 1850 until at least 1856. Many cricket clubs in Australia date from the 1850s, but there was also a need for a winter sport.