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Stuart Green celebrates his equaliser Picture by Tommy McMillan

Stuart Green came to the Rocks’ rescue with a late equaliser to salvage a point against bottom side Bury Town in a largely-forgettable encounter at a chilly Nyewood Lane.

Jamie Howell’s side fell behind with just 12 minutes to go and looked certain to end empty-handed when the Suffolk side won a penalty four minutes later.

But the spot-kick was blasted over the bar and then Green produced a fine finish at the end of a run into the box - and by the time the final whistle came, it was Bury who were hanging on.

The draw keeps the Rocks’ unbeaten home run going - it now stretches back more than three months - and leaves them ninth in the table.

The Rocks included two players who had signed the previous day on loan - striker Jason Prior, now on loan at Nyewood Lane from Margate until the end of the season, and Hawks defender Ryan Woodford, who slotted into the centre of defence.

Bury arrived on the south coast five points adrift at the bottom of the Ryman premier.

The Rocks took less than three minutes to have their first shot on goal, Doug Tuck’s lob from 15 yards taking a deflection on its way to being held by keeper Alex Archer.

Ollie Pearce got away down the left on eight minutes and crossed towards Prior, but a defender headed clear.

A Rocks corner caused problems for the visiting defence, and then they could only watch as Tuck curled a lovely 20-yard effort which came back off the bar via a faint touch from Archer.

Bury were having plenty of the early play, forcing a couple of corners and one or two throws in dangerous positions, and looked better than their league position suggested.

A high hanging cross by Woodford from the left touchline found Prior but he was stretching and he could only head it wide.