- 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
See also
- Lawn game
- Quidditch pitch (in the fictional game of Quidditch)
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