Molesey ended a run of three successive defeats with a hard earned 1-1 draw with Sittingbourne.

The Moles opened the scoring midway through the first half when Charlie Samuels scored his third goal in three games since returning to the club.

The visitors dominated the second half and equalised when Stephen Ita fired home following a goalmouth scramble.

Molesey gave a debut to ex Guildford City left back Nathan Gordon, who showed plenty of signs he would be a good signing, but star man was once again keeper Liam Allen, who pulled off several fine saves.

The Brickies shaded the opening twenty minutes, although only threatened when Hecham Akhazzan had a goal ruled out for offside.

Samuels made a habit of scoring spectacular goals towards the end of last season, and he has continued in the same vein, rifling into the top corner from the edge of the box following good approach play from Sam Charles and Joe Nwoko.

Tom Windsor forced a good save from Simon Overland, and both Nwoko and Joe Pratley-Jones just failed to get on the end of Craig Lewington's corner.

Jordan Gallagher twice went close for the visitors, but shot wastefully over after rounding Allen, before drawing a good save from the Moles' keeper on the stroke of half-time.

It was the visitors that did all the running in the second half, and they got a deserved equaliser just past the hour when Ita fired home from close range following Allen's double save.

Conrad Lee found himself one on one with Allen following a swift counter attack, but Allen pounced at the full back's feet to keep the scores level.

The Moles rarely threatened, but could have restored their lead when Nwoko got the wrong side of Overland but was crowded out by defenders before being able to get a shot away.

It was ultimately Allen who earned his side a share of the spoils, as he superbly tipped substitute Connor Wilkins' point blank header over the bar in stoppage time to keep up his impressive start to the season.