Danny Cullip's first goal for Lewes ensured they went in level at half-time away to Team Bath in the first round of the FA Trophy.
The match went ahead after a 10am pitch inspection but it was a disjointed first half at Twerton Park.
Lewes, who had arrived just 45 minutes before kick-off due to coach problems, struggled to settle early on.
The hosts made all the running in the opening stages and Rikki Banks saved well from Greg Lake on three minutes with Matt Cooper screwing the rebound wide of the target.
On eight minutes Banks got down well at the feet of Shaun Benison after Mike Perrott's pass had split the defence.
It was no surprise when Team Bath broke the deadlock following a corner on 13 minutes. Matt Lock swung the ball over from the right, former Crawley player Sami El-Abd nodded back across goal and Dean Smith headed home into the corner.
Michael Standing threatened an equaliser on 20 minutes with a 20-yard strike which goalkeeper Darren Chitty turned around the near post for a corner.
But it could have been 2-0 almost immediately when Takumi Ake whipped the ball across the face of goal and Perrott fired wide at the back post.
Lewes made the most of that reprieve when they levelled in the 25th minute when Standing delivered a corner from the right and Cullip swept the ball home from eight yards.
The goal lifted the Rooks but they still had to be wary of the threat from Team Bath and Cooper had a couple of openings in the closing stages of the half which he should have done better with.
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