Needing more than thirty off the last over, Spread hit out boldly to register three sixes, two off the last two balls of the game, but it was too little too late and Keith Taylor’s XI deservedly took their second Have a Go Cup title.

In actual fact, it was the team’s third win in the John Duggleby Homes sponsored tournament, as they won the title a few years ago under their then name of the Temperance XI. But after the death of one of their members, the team was relaunched as Keith Taylor’s XI, in his memory, and skipper Angus Naylor was happy to play tribute to their former colleague when he accepted the cup.

Taylor’s XI won the toss and after a cautious first over, quickly began to put runs on the board, with fifty posted in the fifth over.

Further acceleration in the second half of the innings saw them finish on an impressive 120-3 - a daunting target for any team to chase, and made increasingly difficult when Dave Garbutt took two wickets in the first over of Spread’s reply, an effort which won him the man of the match trophy.

Spread, after that, were always behind the asking rate, and though their batsmen made a brave attempt to up the striking rate, the task always looked just beyond them.

Sponsor John Duggleby presented the trophy to the winning captain and mementoes to both teams and the four umpires who had stood in the competition. He also presented a bouquet to Pam Woodcock,the Driffield CC secretary.