Pitch (sports)

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This article is for the playing field of many sports. For baseball, see Pitch (baseball). For climbing and caving, see Pitch (vertical space).

A pitch is an open outdoor area for various activities. It is used in British and Australian English; the comparable term in American English is field. In most sports the official technical term is field of play, although this is not regularly used by those outside of refereeing/umpiring circles. However, there are some differences, as a cricket field contains the cricket pitch.

A pitch is often a regulation space, as in a football pitch.

Games that are played on a pitch include:

• cricket (see cricket pitch)
• football (see Association football pitch)
• bocce
• horseshoes
• Rugby league pitch
• stake

[edit] See also

• Lawn game
• Quidditch pitch (in the fictional game of Quidditch)