Field vs pitch?
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In the USA, we do not use the word 'pitch' to refer to a field.
Thank you for your answers but Where do people play football/cricket/rugby/ baseball? On a field, pitch or both?
I read people use pitch for European football (soccer according to Am E), cricket and rugby, but field for Am football and baseball, but I've also come across soccer field, and soccer pitch.
I read people use pitch for European football (soccer according to Am E), cricket and rugby, but field for Am football and baseball, but I've also come across soccer field, and soccer pitch.
Good question. We use these terms all the time in Ireland and the UK.
A pitch is a sports field. You may only use the term 'pitch' to refer to a field that is used for sports, or a part of a field that is used for sports.
Examples:
"The field around the corner is used as a football pitch at the weekend"
"They had two rugby pitches marked out in the field."
"I was walking my dog in the field when he ran onto the pitch!"
Cricket, rugby, football (soccer), GAA, hurling, hockey all use the term 'pitch'. I dont think baseball does
Hope this helps
A pitch is a sports field. You may only use the term 'pitch' to refer to a field that is used for sports, or a part of a field that is used for sports.
Examples:
"The field around the corner is used as a football pitch at the weekend"
"They had two rugby pitches marked out in the field."
"I was walking my dog in the field when he ran onto the pitch!"
Cricket, rugby, football (soccer), GAA, hurling, hockey all use the term 'pitch'. I dont think baseball does
Hope this helps
Thank you for your answers but Where do people play football/cricket/rugby/ baseball? On a field, pitch or both?
I read people use pitch for European football (soccer according to Am E), cricket and rugby, but field for Am football and baseball, but I've also come across soccer field, and soccer pitch.
"Football Pitch" is more correct when referring to the area of play. A football field would be a field that has a football pitch in it...
If you say "field" and mean the pitch, people will still understand what you mean, but you shouldnt.
Example:
"I was watching a football game. Some youths were drinking beer in the field, but they were nowhere near the pitch."
From a UK perspective, I would say that you can use either when referring to somewhere you play team sports. 'Football pitch' and 'football field' are both correct. However, 'pitch' implies the area is more professionally set up, with lines marking out the pitch - you would be unlikely to refer to the 'football field' at Wembley; you would use 'football pitch'.
Some sports (generally individual, or small team sports) are played on a 'court', not a pitch. E.g. tennis court, squash court, volleyball court. But you would not say 'football court'.
'Pitch' is also a camping term: at a campsite you would pay for somewhere to 'pitch' your tent (a marked-out area of land), and you would then 'pitch your tent' (erect it).
Some sports (generally individual, or small team sports) are played on a 'court', not a pitch. E.g. tennis court, squash court, volleyball court. But you would not say 'football court'.
'Pitch' is also a camping term: at a campsite you would pay for somewhere to 'pitch' your tent (a marked-out area of land), and you would then 'pitch your tent' (erect it).
Well, you shouldn't if you're using British English or Hiberno-English, for instance, but "soccer field" is the common term in American English. As others have explained, AmE does not use the term "pitch" to describe a playing field in any sport, so "soccer pitch"/"football pitch" should be avoided in AmE.
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In cricket, the "cricket pitch" is not the entire oval on which the game is played; it is just the strip in the centre where you find the wickets.
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