Dave Roberts has written a wonderful essay for the Cricket Monthly, searching for cricket in the eastern US – highly recommended..
“While sitting in the slow-crawling traffic, and to avoid any awkward questions about my planning, I familiarised myself with Bloomingdale Park by looking at a few recent pictures on Google Images. It was an incredible feeling thinking that I would soon be standing on the same patch of grass where USA and Canada played out that very first match 170 years ago. Judging by the photos, not much seemed to have changed. The wrought-iron lamp posts and exquisitely carved wooden benches belonged to an era of bushy moustaches and horse-drawn carriages. I then took a look at a match report, which featured the scorecard. This indicated a few teething problems. Extras were top scorer and, in four innings, no one managed to post more than 14. But the fact that more than 5000 people were present sent a shiver down my spine as I imagined the scene. This was the very park where history was made. Only, it wasn’t.
Full essay