Yorkshire League final: Heroic all-rounder Toft steers Wakefield Thornes to inaugural trophy triumph over Pudsey St Lawrence

By The Newsroom
Published 27th Oct 2016, 18:48 BST
Updated 31st Oct 2016, 09:47 BST
Wakefield Thornes' match winner Dave Toft.Wakefield Thornes' match winner Dave Toft.
Wakefield Thornes' match winner Dave Toft.
Dave Toft produced a heroic display with bat and ball to fire Wakefield Thornes to glory against Pudsey St Lawrence in the inaugural Yorkshire Premier League final in Abu Dhabi.

Toft held Thornes’ innings together with a magnificent century before taking three wickets to bowl Pudsey out 57 short of their mammoth 297-run target. Mark Robertshaw (112) was almost the hero of the day for Pudsey but his defiant century was in vain.

Thornes become the first county-wide champion club in the first season since the Yorkshire League was separated into four Premier divisions. Both teams had won their respective leagues and a semi-final play-off to earn a place in the dream final in the United Arab Emirates.

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