President of the Canowindra Cricket Club, Mark Browne, and Secretary of the Sports Trust, Andrew Pull, say they are "fed up" with what they say is Council's neglect of this popular public facility.

"These problems are ongoing and could be fixed overnight if we just had the money," Mr Browne said.

The oval's water problem does not concern a lack of water, but a lack of water supplied to the oval itself, after a regulated wastewater scheme has not allowed the park the amount it needs to maintain the grounds.

"We've got the water, but it just doesn't come here," Mr Browne said.

Last Saturday morning Mr Pull used half a tonne of dirt to fill in some of the cracks so the day's cricket matches could resume on a normal oval.

These cracks have worsened since Saturday because of the weekend heat.

A broken pump on a nearby bore has meant the oval's back-up water supply is also inaccessible, spreading the problem to adjacent Morris Park, which relies on the same bore for watering.

The broken locks on the toilet doors has made the amenity block a Mecca for vandalism and a weekend teen hang out, because they are permanently left open.

Mr Browne and Mr Pull say their main

problem is being on the outskirts of the Cabonne council area, and that they just fall off the

map.

"We are calling upon any Canowindra sewerage rate-payers to ask the council why their money isn't being divided up properly and why something as popular as this oval is being overlooked," Mr Browne said.

General Manager of Cabonne Council, Graeme Fleming, said it is a difficult situation, because the oval is run by a voluntary committee and because of the drought.

"It is a pile of circumstances that have unfortunately come together at one point in time," Mr Fleming said.

"Council staff have been looking at all kinds of options to get these problems fixed up."