Dartford 2 Yeovil Town 2 match report: George Alexander and Richard Chin score as Alan Dowson’s side draw with the National League South leaders at Princes Park

There was nothing to separate hosts Dartford and National League South frontrunners Yeovil after an entertaining affair on Saturday.

Rhys Murphy put the visitors ahead before George Alexander headed home to equalise for the Darts before half-time.

After the restart, another Dartford loanee, Richard Chin, netted for the second game in a row, only for Jordan Young to level to ensure it finished 2-2.

Mark Cooper’s Glovers had threatened inside four minutes of an eventful encounter, only for vastly experienced Murphy to inexplicably fire wide when he was clean through at Princes Park.

Three minutes later, home defender Moussa Diarra heroically hooked off the line after Sonny-Blu Lo-Everton had linked up well with Young for the away side.

But the hosts’ defending had been pretty desperate early on. It appeared just a matter of time before Yeovil scored and, after referee Charles Martland had awarded a penalty with Lo-Everton going down, 33-year-old Murphy sent Dartford keeper Ryan Sandford the wrong way from 12 yards to break the deadlock.

Dartford responded well to going behind, though, in front of a crowd of 1,072. Lone striker Alexander headed home to make it 1-1 on 17 minutes after he had wheeled away from his marker to get on the end of Luke Allen’s delightful delivery at the back post.

Straight from the restart, the visitors almost went back ahead. A Yeovil player tried his luck from the halfway line and the ball fortunately bounced narrowly wide for a corner off Sandford’s back.

Forward Sonny Cox then forced a fingertip save from Sandford before Young’s long-range drive flashed inches over with 36 minutes played.

Four minutes later, a Young free-kick looked to have the beating of Sandford but crashed against the