Dunnington Cricket Club, which staged the Costcutter Yorkshire Senior Leagues' Competition final, had a decider of their own on Sunday.

They were playing in a York and District League Cup final at Easingwold and had only left one committee member behind to 'mind the shop'.

Consequently, some Bradford League officials took on tasks they weren't expecting in the contest against the South Yorkshire League.

Treasurer John France ended up selling programmes and fishing the match ball out of a cut, and executive commitee member Geoff Wilkinson rolled the wicket during the tea interval.

Oh and tea wasn't ready - not surprising when a beefburger had taken an hour to arrive for one spectator beforehand - so the players turned straight round and ate at the end of the match.

But one thing that was less surprising was that the Bradford League won the title for the 12th time since the competition began 25 years ago.

On a good pitch, 15 wickets fell for 264 runs in this season's finale but that was mostly down to batsmen getting in then getting themselves out.

Undoubtedly the most exciting passage of play was when man of the match, th e powerfully-built Lesroy Weekes, was thundering in from the pavilion end.

The former Yorkshire and Northamptonshire all-rounder did send down 12 no-balls, but the Bradford League lost four wickets to the Elsecar player and had several other moments of uncertainty.

The basic problem, however, was that the South Yorkshire League never really had an innings or a partnership of substance.

"We have let ourselves down, and that is what is annoying," admitted losing skipper Andrew Harrison afterwards.

"We batted badly, and knew that we had to take five or six wickets in the first phase of their innings to give ourselves a fighting chance.

"But if we had got another 50 or 60 runs then it would have been interesting."

Bradford League captain Matthew Doidge, who has now led his side to five wins in five matches this season, said: "They contributed a bit to their own downfall, and then we were able to push for the win once their opening pair of Weekes and Chris Cotton had bowled through.

"And once Steve Foster had come on and kept things tight we were able to pick up runs from the other end."

Wickets fell regularly when the South Yorkshire League batted, Woodlands' Richard Pyrah and Baildon's Phil Slater each picking up three, and opening pair Nick Summerscales (Hanging Heaton) and Neil Gill (Pudsey Congs) two and one respectively.

Six South Yorkshire batsmen reached double figures, but their highest scorers were only Jason Meadows with 25 and Jason Booth with 24.

When the Bradford League batted, Undercliffe's Mark Gill was effectively their sheet anchor and made 24 not out in an hour and 50 minutes once opener Andy Bethel was out.

The most explosive batting came from Brighouse's Richard Robinson, pictured, who scored an unbeaten 29 in 20 minutes, finishing the match off in the grand manner by hitting spinner Dave Burdon for two sixes and two fours in one over to speed his team to a five-wicket victory with 14 overs to spare.