Sought-after striker Stuart Beavon had given the visitors the lead on nine minutes.

Terras’ boss Alan Lewer kept faith with the team that beat Northwich Victoria on Saturday for last night’s clash at the Recreation Ground.

From the kick-off the South Coast outfit took the game to the home side.

Cameron Mawer’s cross from the right found Lee Phillips who rose to head goalwards only to see his effort narrowly clear the crossbar.

Although Grays forced two corners in quick succession, Wey-mouth’s defence held firm and it was the visitors who took the lead in the ninth minute.

James Coutts’ short free-kick was gathered by Mawer and his first-time cross was allowed to travel fully across the home penalty area before being gathered by Ryan Williams. The Terras’ club skipper fired in an inch-perfect cross which Beavon met superbly to power his header past Steve Arnold in the home goal.

Terras’ keeper Danny Knowles easily held a shot from outside the box by Andy Pugh and at the other Coutts saw his effort deflected for a corner.

Weymouth had a let off minutes later when Pugh smashed an effort from the edge of the box. Knowles saved well to his left but was unable to hold the ball, which rebounded to Thomas. However, with the entire goal to aim at the Grays’ man hit his shot against the crossbar.

Within minutes Sam Sloma fired a 35-yard free-kick against an upright and from the clearance the ball fell to Coutts, whose curling effort from all of 30 yards brought a brilliant save from Arnold.

The first meaningful action of the second period almost saw Wey-mouth double their advantage when Phillips charged down Arnold’s clearance allowing Beavon to shoot, but Arnold redeemed himself by saving with his feet.

Beavon had another chance almost immediaely afterwards as Phillips helped on a long clearance by Knowles. This time the Terras’ leading scorer was unable to make a decent connection with the ball allowing Arnold to save comfortably.

Grays levelled in the 69th minute when the Terras’ defence allowed Thomas to muscle his way into the danger area before holding off Scott Doe’s challenge to fire home despite pressure from Knowles.

This success breathed new life in to the Essex side but they were unable to trouble Knowles while at the other end Weymouth were unable to put any real pressure on Arnold.

Kenny Davis had Grays’ best chance as the match drew to a close when a Stuart Thurgood pass found him in space on the edge of the six-yard box but his effort was feeble and failed to trouble Knowles as it went well wide.

At the final whistle the sides shared the points, which was probably a fair reflection on the game.