Dover Athletic had to settle for a 1-1 draw at Dorchester in Blue Square Bet South after a dramatic finale in Dorset on Saturday.

Whites failed to capitalise as only two of the seven teams above them at the start of the day won.

Substitute Donovan Simmonds (pictured) looked to have snatched a vital three points for Dover inside the final 10 minutes when he broke the deadlock.

Michael Corcoran's hopeful ball over the top was chased down by Billy Bricknell who outmuscled a defender before lashing a cross into the middle where Simmonds was on hand to touch past the Town keeper.

However less than two minutes later the celebration turned into deflation as Whites were undone by a long-ball forward and Tom Nicholls slipped the ball past Mikhael Jaimez-Ruiz on 83 minutes.

Earlier Barry Cogan had sent a free-kick over the bar but defences were on top, with no real chances at either end in the opening 45 minutes.

The first real goalmouth action came 15 minutes from time when Corcoran's shot was saved and Bricknell's follow-up was somehow headed off the line by a defender.

Ed Harris blazed over another chance following a goalmouth scramble and after the goals both sides spurned late opportunities to snatch a winner as the game finished level, leaving Whites five points outside the play-off places in eighth.

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