An investigation has been launched into the abandonment of a senior men's cricket game in Masterton after players hurled abuse at each other.

On-field slurs led umpires to cut short the Bidwell Cup final, between Greytown and Lansdowne, at Queen Elizabeth Park Oval on Saturday.

Having dismissed Lansdowne for 130 runs, Greytown were 36 for 6 wickets when they decided to pull stumps, citing an "intolerable level of personal abuse".

Lansdowne won the match by default.

In a written statement, Greytown said the decision to forfeit was not taken lightly, but "our players felt so strongly on the matter that it left us with little choice".

Some players had been close to tears, the Greytown Cricket Club Management Committee said.

Wairarapa Cricket Association chairman Sam Rossiter-Stead said a full and independent inquiry would get to the bottom of what happened.

Both Lansdowne and Greytown have welcomed the inquiry, saying they will treat the matter seriously.

Lansdowne president Choi Jackson said he was reluctant to comment on Saturday's events because the club was still gathering information about it.

"We want to establish the absolute truth, but are obviously very keen to remedy this issue," Jackson said.

On-field bullying incidents were not new to club cricket in Wairarapa, Greytown Cricket Club Management committee said.

PARK UPGRADE NOW IN JEOPARDY

The weekend's incident is a bad look for Wairarapa Cricket, raising questions over an upgrade to the ageing grandstand at Queen Elizabeth Park Oval.

The $360,000 project is relying on funding from Masterton District Council and several other bodies, including Trust House.

Masterton councillor David Holmes said council has agreed to go ahead in good faith and help with the proposal, but it was not helped by the "behaviour of some of the players".

"They are not only doing the cricket association a lot of harm but they are actually doing a lot of harm to youth generally because there is no place for that sort of behaviour," Holmes said.

Trust House chief executive Allan Pollard said that, while not aware of the incident, his organisation took a dim view of this type of behaviour.

"We expect adults to behave better."

Former chairman of the Grandstand Facelift Committee, Craig McBride, said Saturday's events reflected badly on cricket. He said Greytown's actions showed a total lack of respect for the Wairarapa Cricket Association.

He said he hoped it wouldn't ruin all of the hard work that had gone into the grandstand proposal.

Although Wairarapa Cricket were the main users of the facility, the whole community would benefit from the upgrade, McBride said.

The grandstand plans include the extension and upgrade of changing facilities to meet the requirements for first class fixtures.

The Long Room would be doubled in size and fitted with the appropriate facilities to make it suitable for functions and hireage.