Below par Town share the spoils with York
Rob Harker struck in injury time as FC Halifax Town fought back to draw 1-1 at home to York City last week.
Dipo Akinyemi's goal looked to have won it for York, who will argue they deserved all three points against an out-of-sorts Shaymen in a stale midweek affair.
Rob Harker's header wide from an excellent Ryan Galvin cross was followed by ex-Town loanee Dan Batty's shot straight at Sam Johnson around five minutes in.
It felt a long time until Andrew Oluwabori's scuffed shot wide just before the halfhour point, which preceded York top-scorer Dipo Akinyemi's better shot narrowly off target moments later.
York were being inspired by their desire to stay in the National League more than Halifax were to get out of it, with The Minstermen the better side after the restart.
Town were sluggish, lacking cohesion and unable to respond. They needed some urgency as much as The Shay pitch needed grass.
Substitute Jamie Cooke helped add that, and with it, halted York's momentum as Halifax finally showed a bit of menace.
But on the balance of play, York had a strong argument to say they deserved their lead when the excellent Akinyema converted a cross from the right after a free-kick was half-cleared.
Halifax created a couple of penalty appeals after challenges on Cooke in the box, but not chances, with George Sykes-Kenworthy still to be tested as the clock ticked down.
But after Sykes-Kenworthy was finally called into action to tip the ball onto the bar, Harker tapped in the rebound to salvage a point.