Lewes finally ended their Blue Square premier goal famine as they went in level at half-time against Oxford United at the Kassam Stadium.

The Rooks suffered a blow before kick-off as Michael Standing dropped out with a back injury.

Stefan Cox came in for his first start for a month while the fit-again Guy Butters finally made his debut at centre-back alongside former Albion team-mate Danny Cullip.

David Wheeler was again missing due to England Schools commitments.

There was an early scare for Lewes as Sam Fisk had to clear Luke Foster's fourth-minute header off the line following an Adam Murray corner.

Lewes had gone more than 11 hours without a league goal going into this game. Fittingly, it was manager Kevin Keehan's son who finally delivered after 689 minutes of waiting.

The game was 11 minutes old when Stefan Cox played a square pass to Joe Keehan who was allowed to advance before firing past goalkeeper Billy Turley from 20 yards.

Oxford could have drawn level two minutes later but Craig Farrell fired wide of the far post after Rikki Banks came out to narrow the angle.

The let off was temporary as another Banks error allowed the hosts back into the game on 17 minutes. The goalkeeper, who made a dreadful mistake in the FA Trophy at Havant recently, totally misjudged Adam Murray's free-kick from the left as it flew straight in.

Banks responded well by beating away a free-kick from Murray in a similar position on 33 minutes.

The Rooks had a chance to go back in front just before the break after some slack defending let Cox in but he could not get a good connection with the ball.

Cox and Keehan then had attempts off target as Lewes finished the half with a flurry.