JASON Gillespie says an exciting evening fightback with the ball during Yorkshire's drawn LV= County Championship match against Somerset today proved exactly why the county are champions.

An exhilarating final day of the season saw Yorkshire bowled out for 365 in their second innings having been 148-2, which set the visitors a target of 182 in 44 overs in the evening session.

And Somerset had advanced steadily to 62-1 in the 15th over as Gillespie's side stared down at the barrel at a potential second defeat of 2014.

But, led by three wickets for Jack Brooks, they hit back in style to reduce the score to 135-9 in the 38th before just failing to sneak home in a tense finish in front of a healthy crowd present to see Andrew Gale be presented with the trophy by Dickie Bird.

Somerset finished on 151-9 and Brooks with 68 wickets for the season, a club record in the era of two division cricket.

"It was an awesome day's cricket," said coach Gillespie.

"Somerset probably had the advantage, especially when they bowled us out and had a 181-run lead. It was Somerset's game to take, but I think we showed why we finished top this year.

"We spoke at tea and said 'we've got a great chance to win a game of cricket here'. Maybe the public didn't think so, but there was a lot of belief there. The boys felt they had a genuine chance.

"It came right down to the final over to see if we could get a win. It's a great four days of cricket."

Gale, having missed out on being presented with the trophy at Trent Bridge, was then handed the trophy at the end of the match by president Bird.

The club's captain is expected to be cleared of his racism charge by the ECB imminently, with Gillespie adding: "It's been a challenging time in the last couple of weeks for him but we're fully behind Galey as a club, 150 per cent.

"For him to be able to lead the team out was fantastic."