OSSETT Town skipper Steven Jeff put through his own net late on as Kendal twice fought back from losing positions to pick up all three points at the Lancaster and Morecambe College Stadium.

Chris Wood gave the visitors the lead before Aaron Helliwell opened his Kendal goalscoring account to pull his side level.

Ossett's Sam Akeroid then struck from 20 yards as the away side looked to be heading for all three points but Rory Winters scored with three minutes left on the clock before Jeff's own goal gave Kendal their third win in four.

Boss Michael Stringfellow named an unchanged starting eleven from the team that fell to promotion hopefuls Salford City last weekend and it was Kendal who had the first chance to open the goalscoring after just four minutes but Helliwell's 20-yard effort was deflected wide.

Wood had Ossett's first chance as the tall striker directed his header well over the crossbar from a corner but moments later the away side took the lead.

A right-wing corner found its way to the edge of the box to Lewis Clarkson, whose effort seemed to be heading wide, until Wood stuck a leg out and poked through the legs of goalkeeper Liam Bleeker.

Kendal responded well, exuding pressure on the Osset back line, and deservedly scored a leveller ten minutes later when lively winger Jonty MacDonald skipped past two challenges and slipped in the impressive Helliwell who twisted and turned in the box before slotting under Ossett stopper Brad Dixon.

With half-time looming, Craig Carney cleared off the line before captain Ricky Mercer pulled off a superbly timed last ditch block to deny Richard Patterson.

The Mintcakes started the second half on the front foot but were frustrated by a dogged Ossett defence who stopped Kendal from having any meaningful attempts at goal.

Stringfellow sent on Reece Fishwick and Zach Clark as Kendal searched for a winner but it was the away side who looked the more likely to score next and should have when centre-half Grant Allott sent a bullet header just wide of Bleeker's right-hand post.

And then they did on 74 minutes. Midfielder Sam Akeroid picked the ball up on the edge of Kendal's penalty box and let fly with his right boot. Bleeker flung himself to his right but the pin-point shot went straight into the bottom corner - sending the Ossett bench into a frenzy.

Kendal turned up the heat as they looked to avoid their fourth home defeat of the season and were rewarded for their efforts in the dying minutes.

Connerton forced a save from Dixon and Helliwell swung in the resulting corner. Clark met the ball at the back post and smashed a cross across the face of the goal where Winters was waiting to tuck home from two yards. 

But Kendal didn't want to settle for a point and threw men forward in search of a winner. 
Clark and Hodgkiss worked space down the left and the latter swung in a deep cross which evaded Kendal's attackers. 

But Jeff, at the back stick and under no pressure, made a mess of his clearance from the six-yard box and the ball trickled tantalisingly close to Dixon, who, wrong-footed, couldn't keep the ball from nestling into his own net.

Kendal will be hoping to keep up their good from when they travel to seventh-placed Harrogate Railway Athletic on Saturday.

Team: Liam Bleeker, Craig Carney, Rory Winters, Ricky Mercer, Lydon Hodgkiss, Byron Andrew, Aaron Helliwell, Jonty MacDonald, Dave Swarbrick, Jordan Connerton, Gregg Johnstone. Substitutes: Danny Forbes, Jeff King, George Mason, Reece Fishwick, Zach Clark. Att. 155.