Martin Gritton's second half header earned the Silkmen a share of the spoils this evening after Derek Holmes had earlier put Rotherham in front.

The winless home run was stretched to five games though as Macc failed to shake off their tag as draw specialists despite dominating against a solid but unspectacular Millers side.

Levi Reid spurned Macc's first effort after just 30 seconds - blasting over after Francis Green's pull back was only half cleared.

Danny Harrison was booked in the third minute for a late slide on Gritton on halfway which set the tone for a physical first half.

Quick thinking from Adam Murray almost paid off from the foul, but after racing onto the chipped pass over the top, Green could only volley low at keeper Andy Warrington from ten yards.

Adam Murray - Bossed the midfield and showed off his broad passing range

The Millers' first effort of the night came on six minutes when Andy Todd forced Tommy Lee into a smart stop to palm his angled drive away from danger.

Slack defending allowed the visitors to break the deadlock when Stephen Brogan powered past Izak Reid out wide and cut the ball back for Holmes to take advantage of the statuesque defence and drill under Lee from eight yards.

Things almost got a lot worse for the Silkmen when hesitancy from Jimmy McNulty allowed Holmes to race away and when Luke Dimech chopped him down from behind the Maltese defender was lucky to escape with a yellow card.

Brogan almost further punished Macc though when his brilliant curling free kick struck the top of the post with Lee a mere spectator.  The ball fell kindly for Harrison on the left and his drilled cross ricocheted off Dimech and slammed into the advertising boards just past the post.

Macc dominated possession until half time, but although they spent long periods in the Rotherham half, Warrington was rarely tested and the Blues were regularly thwarted by the referee's whistle or a poor final ball.

After the break Mark Robins' side should have doubled their advantage when Dale Tonge broke the offside trap on the right and put the ball across goal only for Chris O'Grady to inexplicably fail to turn the ball in from close range and Izak Reid was able to clear off the line.

That was to be the Millers last real foray forward and from then on it was all Macc.  First Danny Thomas dragged wide after Murray teed him up and then Gritton's speculative 35 yard volley had veteran keeper Warrington scrambling back as it dropped onto the roof of the net.

The leveller came on 61 minutes when Levi Reid was barged over on the right, skipper Kevin McIntyre swung the set piece in and Gritton beat his man to the ball to head into the far corner.

Martin Gritton - Struggled against a phyiscial defence at times but headed home the important eqauliser

Macc kept pressing forward but still gave Warrington little action as the dominant Millers defence kept away anything in the air.  Rotherham on the other hand looked happy to settle for an away point and became increasingly withdrawn and direct.

A dangerous Thomas cross was needlessly headed behind at the far post and the resulting flag-kick was headed clear with Green ready to pounce.

Simon Wiles came on for Levi Reid to give Macc a bit more width and Gareth Evans replaced Gritton in the last ten minutes as Ian Brightwell looked for fresh legs to turn the screw.

Murray began to press further forward to link the midfield with attack and his pass was well controlled by Green who turned his man and saw his shot deflected behind.

A deep corner following a superb Wiles cross found Green lurking outside the box to hit a fierce half volley which was too close to the keeper to cause many problems.

Macc huffed and puffed to find a winner but after three more minutes of added on time never got that final decent chance to grab all the points.

The Silkmen showed resilience to come back from a goal down but will be disappointed to have dominated two games in a week and only notched one more point on the board.

Andy Brinkhurst

Ian Brightwell's views on the game will be online tomorrow.