Meanings
plural out grounds
- ball gamesA ground other than a team's home ground, used for occasional matches.
Out ground cricket these days is not particularly fashionable for counties…
2006, Edward Craig, Out of town but not out of favour, Cricinfo2 more examples
I love playing at out grounds because there is always a festival feel about the ground and they always have endearing, if not quirky, characteristics.
2011, Luke Sutton, Luke at county cricket: That festival feel at Chesterfield and Dhoni's hair-raiser, Daily MailHis best performance came at another out ground, St George's Road in Harrogate.
2013, Andrew Glover, Remembering Yorkshire County Cricket Club's out grounds, BBC
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