The English cricket team in North America in 1859 was the first ever overseas cricket tour by an English team. The touring team is sometimes referred to as George Parr's XI.
The first English touring team pictured on board ship at Liverpool: standing at left Robert Carpenter, William Caffyn, Tom Lockyer; middle row John Wisden, HH Stephenson, George Parr, James Grundy, Julius Caesar, Thomas Hayward, John Jackson; front row Alfred Diver, John Lillywhite.
A wood engraving of the match at Hoboken, New Jersey.
The Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey, was recreational parkland located on the city's northern riverfront in the 19th century. The area was a popular getaway destination for New Yorkers in the 19th century, much in the tradition of the pleasure garden, offering open space for a variety of sports, public spectacles, and amusements. The lavish grounds hosted the Colonnade Hotel and tavern, and offered picnic areas, a spa known as Sybil's Cave, river walks, nature paths, fishing, a miniature railroad, rides and races, and a ferry landing, which also served as a launch for boating competitions.
Watercolor painting of the Stevens Villa, 1808
Visitors from New York arriving at the Elysian Fields on the Hoboken Ferry, 1856 (from Leslie's Weekly)
Apocryphal baseball game played at Elysian Fields, Hoboken (Currier & Ives lithograph)
Etching of Elysian Fields by artist Archibald Dick, 1831, depicting Colonnade Hotel at right