Banbury United 0 Halesowen 0
A dour draw left Halesowen still seeking their first away win of season after another frustrating performance.
Neither side ever genuinely threatened to break the deadlock, but Halesowen were once again quick out of the traps to control the early play early with some neat football.
However, a tendency to be over-intricate meant they rarely troubled Banbury goalkeeper Andy Wheeler.
Lee Williams was just wide in the sixth minute and three minutes later full-back Davion Hamilton burst forward to shoot at Wheeler.
Dean Brennan almost navigated a way through in the 18th minute and on 26 minutes Darren Caskey and Nick Amos set up Paul Devlin but his shot was blocked.
The Yeltz also started the second half well and Ady Fuller was forced to head onto the top of his own crossbar for corner while Stuart Pierpoint couldn't quite keep down a close range header from Caskey's free-kick.
Halesowen goalkeeper Mark Osborn made the best save of the game on the hour by turning the ball away for a corner after a free-kick from Banbury's Lewis Travers was headed on.
A quick break initiated by Pierpoint then set Brennan free and he played the ball on for Caskey to steer his shot wide .
Late on, the Puritans forced two corners in their second consecutive scoreless draw, but the Yeltz finished on top by winning two corners themselves in the 90th minute with Brennan firing an effort just over the bar.
