Curzon completed a home double over the Yorkshire side, but after an opening 45 minutes when they had control of the game they almost conspired to throw away the three points in the second period.
The local side should have taken the lead on 16 minutes after a Rhodri Giggs cross from the right was first of all missed by Mike Norton and as it ran through to Jorge Diez, and from 6 yards out, he somehow managed to lift the ball over the top and then a cross by Alex Mortimer was met by the head of Norton but his effort was comfortably taken by Karl Spratt.
The visitors had there own chance to take the lead on 23 minutes when a ball driven diagonally across the 18 yard area by Karl Simpkins went to Chris Kamara, but David Carnell bravely threw his body at the ball to turn it for a corner.
Curzon's attacking play finally paid off on 37 minutes after Graforth couldn't clear their lines from a corner on the left. Mortimer played a reverse pass to the overlapping Andy Watson and his ball into the box was met the head of the incoming Norton who steered it beyond Spratt, and five minutes later the lead was doubled, as Curzon turned defence into attack.
Awarded a free kick midway inside the Curzon half Brett Renshaw played the ball forward and Carnell went head first and low down to gain possession. With the ball quickly played down field it was suddenly advantage Curzon as the ball went to Diez. Going past his marker he then went round keeper Spratt before driving the ball into the net for his first goal of the season.
After the excitement of the opening 45 minutes the second period really was the complete opposite. A scrappy affair in which neither team demonstrated the same sort of technique as in the opening period, with passes going astray and chances created through errors at either end.
A misplaced placed header by Dave Birch went to Renshaw who gave Luts De Melo an opportunity to level the score but his shot was wayward but on 56 minutes Graforth got themselves right back into the game.
Awarded a free kick, just outside and to the right of the 18 yard area, Greg Kelly curled the ball round the defensive wall to leave Carnell rooted to the spot and the ball tucked in the back of his net.
Just after the hour mark Diez had a run down the left and his ball to Norton was driven at goal only to strike a defender with the ball looping into the hands of Spratt.
The match referee, Richard Bartlett, and one of his assistants brought about an opportunity for Garforth as the assistant awarded a throw to the home side which the referee gave the opposite way. Not surprisingly the visitors didn't ask for another opinion, quickly taking the throw and catching the home defence off guard, and a block by Kevin Parr 6 yards out from Renshaw prevented what would have been a somewhat controversial incident.
The two goal lead should have been restored on 79 minutes when Diez fed the ball to Giggs. With space and time, and only Spratt to beat, the Curzon played dragged his effort wide of goal.
From the goal kick the ball was played down the opposite end of the pitch. The ball was left for Carnell to clear, his clearance went only as far as Simpkins, Watson managed to get a block on the shot and the rebound was played towards goal but Carnell had managed to recover his ground to collect the shot.
There was another let-off for Curzon as Watson and Chris Curley got in each others way and better finishing by Chris Kamara could have proved costly, but his shot went straight to Carnell.
In the final seconds of the 90 minutes only the fingertips of Spratt and his left hand upright prevented Birch from giving his side a two goal cushion when his left foot shot had the keeper going full length to save.

Curzon Ashton entertain Newcastle Blue Star (KO 3.00) who currently occupy a mid-table position.
When the two team's met in the reverse fixture in August it ended goalless, but the fortunes of the north east outfit took a turn for the better after their appointment of former Northern Ireland international Tommy Cassidy as manager.