AWARD-winning village cricketer Geoff Summers has died at the age of 90.

Geoff was born in Fitzhead and lived in Bishops Lydeard for 48 years, attending school in the two villages.

He served in the Middle East during the Second World War and later worked in farming, then for Taunton Cider and Wessex Water.

He enjoyed working on his allotment and helped many locals with their plots too.

He was talented at golf, billiards and snooker, but his first love was cricket and he represented Timsbury, Bishops Lydeard and Fitzhead, winning the Somerset County Gazette and Ronson cricket award in 1969 and 1972 for his batting exploits.

He once scored 129 runs, with 100 coming in boundaries, and on another occasion took five wickets for seven runs in a narrow victory.

His daughter, Kathy Ford, said: "Dad celebrated his 90th birthday in March and was a very popular and well-loved man.

"He was a great sportsman and also a great countryman, able to turn his hand to anything.

"He could lay hedges, look after sheep, cows, help anywhere on the farm, used to go beating for pheasants with his dog, and loved following the hunt on the Quantocks and especially over Exmoor."

Geoff's wife of 50 years, Doreen, predeceased him and the couple are survived by their children Raymond, Susan, Kathryn and Ivor. He was also a grandfather and great grandfather.

The funeral service is at Fitzhead Church tomorrow (Friday) at 2pm.