The Whites opened the scoring on 67 minutes, Gary Browne teed up Gary Muir to send a right-footed drive low into the bottom corner.

But the Crues levelled on 72 minutes when Colin Coates peeled away from his marker to meet a free-kick with a powerful header.

And Stephen Baxter's side might have snatched the points right at the end only for 'keeper Philip Matthews to pull off a superb save to deny David Rainey from close range.