FLAKY ROVERS EMBARRASSED

headed home Freddie Sears’ cross when he stole in at the far post to set the home side on their way.

But after 20 minutes, Richard Smallwood’s freekick was headed back across goal by Darragh Lenihan and flicked on by Derrick Williams.

Goalkeeper Bartosz Bialkowski first parried and then pushed the ball into Janoi Donacien and Graham swept the loose ball home to level.

The former Swansea and Sunderland striker turned provider nine minutes later when he released Williams down the left and his low cross was converted by Dack for 2-1.

After the break, Rovers had a golden chance to seal the three points when on-loan Chelsea striker Kasey Palmer had his low shot stopped by Luca Vega before substitute Edun intervened to give Town a share of the spoils.

The 20-year-old was an England team-mate of Blues duo Andre Dozzell and Trevoh Chalobah, when the young Three Lions won the European Under-19 Championships last summer.

He is one of six England youth stars in the current Ipswich squad.

Hurst, who left out striker Martyn Waghorn before his imminent transfer away, said: “It was far from a great performance but there was a lot of character shown by the players.

“The goal was fortunate but it was a great delivery in the right area and it created difficulty for their keeper.

“I thought a draw was a fair result.”