Ben Baker hit the bar early on with a long shot before Rene Howe forced Denton into a tipped save. Robbie Goodman opened the scoring for Rovers, but the lead was cancelled out by a Tomlinson penalty. Town took the lead with a scrappy Richardson goal.
The second half was truncated by regular substitutions, but Slama headed wide from close range for the hosts. Ayre saw a long shot hit the bar with the last meaningful chance of the game