On the general run of play a draw was probably a fair result but Enfield will point out that they made more of their possession than Ware did of theirs. Certainly, it is hard to recall George Edgeworth having to make a serious save in the ninety minutes whereas twice in the second half Fred Burbidge was on his mettle to save his team.

First, with less than twenty minutes left when he saved a through ball at the feet of an onrushing Benjamin Wyss; and second in the last ten minutes when Wyss was played in by former Ware man Freddy Moncur to deliver a ball in just below cross bar height which was tipped away for a corner.

Enfield had already hit the intersection of post and bar after Dimitri Christou, one of three half time substitutes for the home side, shot from the edge of the area. In the interests of balance it should be said that Mackye Townsend-West had a header come off the same bar in the first half before the ball was scrambled away under pressure.

The difference in an otherwise even first forty-five minutes came just past the half hour. Myles John came in from the left and unmarked to hit the ball on the half volley into the top of the Ware net from Matthew Hurley’s cross. Hurley had a good game for Enfield, a captain’s role, making necessary interceptions especially after the break during periods when Ware were on top.

As for the goal, whilst the Ware defence were left with questions to answer, it is tempting to say that John’s shot was a simple enough chance. Yet as George Thompson had demonstrated just a few minutes earlier when he missed an absolute sitter, shooting wide of an open goal, things are not always as easy as they seem.

As for Ware, with Jack Grosvenor sidelined for as much as three weeks with a groin injury Paul Halsey brought in Jay Rolfe, recovered from his own injury problems, to partner Townsend-West in central defence. John Clements was also back after missing two games but both Johnny Allotey and Theo Ofori were on the substitutes bench.

It all worked well enough up until the final third where the difficulty of converting chances into goals was once more apparent. Never the less there were some good individual performances which kept Ware in the game throughout and by the sixty minute mark they looked to be taking control. The travelling fans were sufficiently encouraged to give the cry of “Ware Boys” full voice.

Crosses and corners came in frequently but were usually dealt with comfortably, Edgeworth, seemingly the master of the six yard area, claiming the ball before taking as long as possible to clear it. It might have been a sign that Enfield's main hope was to slow the game down and take the sting out of Ware’s game. In any event however, the pendulum swung back in Enfield’s favour as Ware failed to prolong their advantage.

At one point it looked as though Ware might lose one of their best players on the day when Sami Moutawafiq suffered a nasty injury in a tackle. He lay stricken for some time with a bloody nose seemingly the focus of the problem. The diagnosis was that his nose could well be broken and Max Granville was prepared and ready to replace him but after treatment Moutawafiq stayed on.

Just as well perhaps because it was his corner in the last minute of normal time that eluded the home defence and found Gariel Chapps. The substitute’s downward header bounced up and over a covering defender at Edgeworth’s right hand post and Ware had their equaliser.

Moutawafiq, meanwhile, will be getting his injury checked and will hopefully be available for next Saturday’s visit of promotion hopefuls Berkhamsted.

Ware: Fred Burbidge, Stef Georgiou (Chukuma Okotcha 93mins), David Sota, Sami Moutawafiq, Mackye Townsend-West, Jay Rolfe, Joe Dearman (Johnny Allotey 83mins), Gucci Soulya-Osekanongo, Jon Clements (Gabriel Chapps 68mins), George Ironton (Theo Ofori 70mins), Sam Mayuma. Unused sub: Max Granville.