Bournemouth edged themselves to within a win of wiping out the 17-point penalty imposed on them at the start of the season following a 1-1 draw with Chesterfield.
The Cherries were heading for defeat in dreadful conditions on the south coast when goalkeeper Shwan Jalal parried Jamie Ward's shot straight at the feet of Lloyd Kerry, who made no mistake in the 34th minute.
The Spireites nearly forced a second when Bournemouth defender Jamie Pearce inadvertently played the ball straight to the feet of Ward, who teed up Jack Lester but Jalal saved with his body.
Bournemouth showed a greater attacking instinct in the second half as debutant Mark Molesley went close with a dipping strike but Chesterfield continued to defend in numbers.
As the game began to drift away from the home side, they finally claimed an equaliser as Darren Anderton's looping header drifted in at the far post for Alan Goodall, in attempting to clear the ball, to put over his own line.
Football Results
Lincoln City 0-1 Port Vale Lincoln's eight-match unbeaten league run came crashing to an end as Port Vale claimed a 1-0 win at Sincil Bank
Macclesfield 0-1 Gillingham Macclesfield suffered their third successive league defeat courtesy of an early headed goal from Adam Miller which earned Gillingham a 1-0 victory
Shrewsbury 3-0 Luton Promotion-chasing Shrewsbury secured a comfortable 3-0 win over rock-bottom Luton
Grimsby 1-2 Darlington Two goals inside the first 15 minutes secured Darlington a 2-1 win at Grimsby
Bradford 3-3 Barnet Albert Adomah's equaliser earned a deserved point for Barnet in a 3-3 draw at Bradford who had led on three occasions
Brentford 1-2 Rochdale Brentford's stuttering promotion push suffered a second setback in a week as they slipped to a 2-1 home defeat at the hands of Rochdale
Dag & Red 0-0 Accrington Stanley Accrington held high-flying Dagenham & Redbridge to a goalless draw at a rainswept Victoria Road
Rotherham 0-0 Wycombe Wycombe extended their unbeaten league run to 14 games with a goalless draw at Rotherham who pushed them all the way
Exeter 2-0 Chester Exeter bounced back from their midweek hammering by Chesterfield with an excellent 2-0 victory over Chester at St James' Park
Morecambe 2-0 Aldershot Morecambe clinched their first win in 10 games with a 2-0 victory over Aldershot
