The match, scheduled to be played at Uebergang Oval, was called off by the association due to the turf wicket being deemed “unplayable” after becoming weather-effected.

Allansford said it believed the match should have been moved to its hard wicket, which was available just meters away, but said the association did not allow it.

President Keith Ellerton, who labelled the decision “stupid”, said the club sent an email to the association on Monday morning to express its disappointment and ask for an explanation.

"I am bitterly disappointed,” he said.

“Disappointed from the view that we had a ground available and 24 guys missed out on a game of cricket, just because of the decision of one person that they decided it can't be done for whatever reason.

"It goes against their directive that they want as many people as possible to be playing the game of cricket and that really erks us.

"It seems to be a match committee decision that had been made on the spur of the moment without any thought. The easy way out was just to not allow it to be played, I think it was rather stupid."

The irate president said in hindsight the two clubs should not have sought permission from the association. 

"If had have shut up and just didn't say anything and let the guys turn up to play cricket, they would have made the decision themselves and the umpire they had would have allowed them to go across the road and play on the hard wicket without anyone saying anything,” he said.

"We would have played the game and it would have been played and won, then it would have been interesting to see what they would have done. I am sure they wouldn't have cancelled it.

"But we were being proactive and it shows it just doesn't pay to be proactive.”

Ellerton said what made Allansford even more angry and disappointed was that the club had assisted the association with a venue change already this season.

He said the club would think twice before doing that again.

"We thought we were in credit to the association to the extent that only two or three weeks earlier we allowed them to host a division one Russells Creek verses Dennington game on our hard wicket because it was free,” he said.

"So we did that and then thought we were in credit and they could do something kind for us, and then they have gone and done that.

"I know one thing that probably won't happen again is that we won't provide our generosity to other clubs to come and use our facilities just because they can't manage their own ground.

"I thought we had something in the bank there, but I would say that was been lost now.”

Association president Gordon McLeod said Allansford’s email would be discussed at its monthly board meeting on Monday night and an explanation would be provided.

McLeod said the Port Campbell and Nirranda match at Port Campbell was also weather effected and deemed a draw.

He said there were not enough alternative venues available to move both games, leaving the association with no other choice but to call both games off.

"Basically because it is now a turf competition for division one and two, and the issues of the weather there were a number of grounds that may have been effected by weather and no more options to have people moved to another ground,” he said.

"With Port Campbell there was a division three game being played at Nirranda and as it happened there was no game been played at Allansford.

"But you have to look at fairness and it could have been other games that were effected as well and we wouldn't have had grounds to play them on.

"Putting one into a game and others not being able to get one wouldn't be fair.”