Lewes closed the gap on Horsham at the top of division two to one point with an excellent victory at fifth placed Great Wakering Rovers.
The first-half was a disjointed affair with many stoppages but the sides went into the break at one goal apiece.
Rovers opened the scoring in the 14th minute when a cross from the right by Gary Ewers found Mark Hampshire in the centre of the penalty area and his right foot shot beat Ross Standen.
Four minutes from the break Lewes equalised when Joe Clark flighted a free kick from the left to the far post for Julian Curnow to fire home.
The second period belonged to Lewes with only two minutes elapsing before they took the lead when a Lee Newman corner was touched on by Marc Cable to Stuart Hack to score with a stooping header.
Lewes' third goal came on the hour mark following another corner from Newman which saw Clark's shot cleared off the line before Cable scored from the rebound.
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