Funny old game isn't it? Dean Wilkins put his players on red alert ahead of his first home match in temporary charge after Albion suffered four dismissals in the opening eight games.

Ironically it was an early bath for Bournemouth's Marcus Browning which handed the Seagulls a route back into an eventful and fluctuating South Coast derby.

The visitors were deservedly ahead when Browning received his marching orders from ref eree Keith Hill for the second time in three years moments before the break for stamping on Tommy Fraser.

Browning had also been sent off by Hill in an LDV Vans Trophy tie against Bristol City in 2003.

Wilkins' side made the most of his departure with goals by stand-in skipper Dean Hammond and Alex Revell in the space of seven minutes early in the second half.

But they threw away a second successive win for Wilkins, slack marking allowing Eddie Howe to head ten-man Bournemouth level in the 74th minute.

Wilkins made three changes to the team which gave him a flying start at Millwall.

He had no hesitation in handing 18-year-old Tommy Fraser his full debut in place of suspended skipper Richard Carpenter after the teenager's confident contribution in the second half at The Den.

Kerry Mayo started at leftback at the expense of Sam Rents and Frenchman Alex Frutos came in for his second start of the campaign, with Adam El-Abd only fit enough for the bench.

The side was captained for the first time, in Carpenter's absence, by Hammond.

It represented quite a turnaround for Hammond, a player admired by Wilkins. He would have been rested at Millwall on Saturday if Mark McGhee had still been in charge.

Wilkins' midfield arrangement was interesting. Hammond was joined in the middle by Dean Cox, with Fraser on the right and Frutos on the left.

Bournemouth caretaker Stuart Murdoch named the team which ended Doncaster-bound Sean O'Driscoll's 22-year association with the club with a 1-0 home win against Crewe on Saturday.

Part of Wilkins' preparations centred around the threat posed by Bournemouth's front pair, the deep-lying James Hayter and Leon Best on loan from Southampton.

Hayter, a former Albion schoolboy and Best, scorer of the Cherries' winner against Crewe, looked pretty lively early on, a low angled drive by Best in the 15th minute was sufficiently well struck for Michel Kuipers to only be able to grab it at the second attempt.

Best had another attempt from long range deflected over the bar after Fraser presented possession to him.

The sharper-looking visitors held the edge in the opening half-hour as Albion struggled for the cohesive passing game Wilkins espouses.

The Withdean faithful had to wait until the 31st minute for Albion to cause the Bournemouth defence some concern.

A flurry of attacking activity ended with a low cross into towards the near post by Paul Reid which both Gary Hart and Revell narrowly failed to reach as the ball was diverted behind for a corner.

The Seagulls seemed to be gradually warming to their task, Cox forcing the previously unemployed Gareth Stewart into a routine save with a shot set up for him by Fraser.

Just as it appeared as if Albion were in the ascendancy, they fell behind to a well-crafted goal in the 35th minute.

Shaun Cooper's pass through the inside right channel released Hayter in behind the Albion defence and he pulled his cross back for the onrushing Steven Foley to find the roof of the net.

The deficit stunned the Seagulls into an immediate response, Fraser just failing to connect with a cross from Frutos and Revell then not managing to pick out a colleague when he delivered the ball back across the face of goal.

That left Albion to go in a goal down but they had the bonus of Bournemouth being a man down just before the break when Browning was sent off.

It was certainly not such an obvious offence as Carpenter's two-footed tackle at Millwall and Browning, together with his team-mates, was bemused by the decision of referee Keith Hill.

Wilkins got his tactics just right once Albion were at a numerical disadvantage at Millwall, this time he made the extra man count by pushing Hammond further forward in the second half, with Cox staying deeper.

The move almost paid dividends in the 52nd minute when Reid's cross was flicked on by Hammond. As the ball bounced inside the box, a header from Frutos on the run was acrobatically pushed behind by Stewart.

Bournemouth did not heed the warning. A minute later Albion were level, Reid's cross from deep finding Hammond unmarked beyond the far post to direct an angled header past Stewart.

The shift in momentum following Browning's dismissal continued. Hammond placed a shot just wide from outside the area and, by the hour mark, the Seagulls had turned the contest on its head.

A scramble following a corner finished with Hart missing Fraser's prod into the danger zone but Revell, racing in behind his strike partner, made no mistake with a left foot drive into the roof of the net from close range.

Hammond threatened to stretch the lead from a crossfield pass by Revell, Stewart blocking bravely at his feet.

The Seagulls were well on their way to three points at that stage but Bournemouth levelled against the odds with 16 minutes remaining.

It was a poor goal to concede from Albion's point of view, Howe finding enough room inside the area to head in a free-kick by Warren Cummings.

Hayter should have staged a repeat from an almost identical free-kick from Cummings in the 83rd minute but he headed wastefully wide at the far post.

Frutos flashed a cross-shot inches wide of the far post in the closing stages but Bournemouth were just about worthy of a share of the spoils.

ALBION (4-4-2): Kuipers; Reid, Santos, Lynch, Mayo; Fraser, Hammond, Cox, Frutos; Revell, Hart. Subs: Robinson for Hart (withdrawn, 71), El-Abd for Reid (withdrawn, 88), Loft for Fraser (withdrawn, 90).

BOURNEMOUTH: (4-4-1-1): Stewart; Young, Broadhurst, Howe, Cummings; Cooper, Browning, Foley, Purches; Hayter; Best. Subs: Fletcher for Best (withdrawn, 65), Hollands for Foley (withdrawn, 70), Gowling for Howe (withdrawn, 88), Moss, Cooke.