Fields (for sport) (7)

I believe the answer is:

grounds

(Other definitions for grounds that I've seen before include "Refuses authority to fly" , "reason" , "justification" , "Area of enclosed land around a building" , "Reasons" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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