One too many balls have been disappearing over the safety net and into the neighbouring St Kilda Bowling Club.
The issue was highlighted again two weeks ago when a lusty hit narrowly missed a bowler.
DCA operations manager Tim O'Sullivan decided against scheduling the most recent round of senior cricket at Culling Park to mitigate the problem.
However, a third grade game was played at the venue and a second grade game is scheduled for the facility this weekend.
"Our view is it has become a concern in the last fortnight and in response to those concerns we made sure we weren't playing any of the highest-level cricket,'' O'Sullivan said.
"We will look to meet with them [Dunedin City Council] as soon as possible and take their lead. It is unsafe for the bowlers and that is of great concern to us.''
While the obvious solution is to raise the height of the safety net, O'Sullivan said there was a process to go through and a discussion with the DCC "around responsibilities is yet to be had''.
Culling Park is Albion's home ground and the senior team missed a home fixture last weekend because of the issue.
"Under the health and safety law you can't just go, `Oh, that's bad luck','' Albion senior coach and DCA delegate Tony Branks said.
"The ruling is we haven't contained our game on the field and so we are liable.''
Branks suggested raising the height of the net would not be cheap and neither would it happen overnight. It may require an engineering solution.
St Kilda Bowling Club vice-president Don Barkman said the club had not made a formal complaint through the Dunedin Cricket Association but groundsman Neil McDonald had raised the issue with Albion.
"I was nearly hit myself about four years ago,'' Barkman said.
"We were just playing a game and all of a sudden, clonk. It landed in-between everybody and we sort of went `awww'.
"We didn't take it any further but the greenkeeper is very protective of his green, of course, and everything else.''
"The soccer balls come over too but they don't cause the same problem.
"We are not angry about it but we are aware that probably the time has come for something to happen.''
Dunedin City Council contracts manager parks and recreation Gareth Jones acknowledged the current safety measures were no longer sufficient.
"Now there is a known health and safety risk we will work to resolve the situation as soon as possible,'' Jones said.
"We will get a team on site and see what we can do.''
