COLCHESTER United claimed an away point after drawing 1-1 with Rochdale, on Friday night.

The U's went ahead through Max Taylor's own goal late in the first half but Jimmy Keohane cancelled it out, on the hour.

Here are the Gazette player ratings, following the U's share of the spoils at the Crown Oil Arena.

SHAMAL GEORGE 7

Denied O’Keeffe early in the second half and had little chance with Dale’s goal

MILES WELCH-HAYES 7

U’s right-back generally dealt well with Rochdale’s wide threat and got forward well

LUKE CHAMBERS 7

Won his fair share of headers and provided plenty of diagonal passes to start the U’s attacks

TOMMY SMITH 7

U’s skipper led the back four well and looked unruffled throughout

CHARLIE DANIELS 8

U’s left-back delivered some wonderful balls into the box and showed his quality

COLE SKUSE 8

Produced an excellent midfield display on his return to the side; kept the U’s moving well

NOAH CHILVERS 7

Was efficient in the U’s engine room and had a couple of long-range efforts

BRENDAN WIREDU 8

U’s man of the match. Did a great job disrupting Dale’s flow and unlucky not to score

SYLVESTER JASPER 7

Showed some superb moments of skill in a left-sided role before being replaced just after the hour mark

FREDDIE SEARS 7

Did his fair share of defending and worked extremely for the team

FRANK NOUBLE 7

Proved a thorn in the side of the Dale defence with his physical threat; hit the side netting early in the second half

SUBSTITUTES

LUKE HANNANT (for Jasper, 68) 6

Battled hard for the U’s and tried to make things happen after coming on

GENE KENNEDY (for Skuse, 89)

CAMERON COXE (for Chilvers, 90)

Subs (not used): Eastman, Tovide, Thomas, Turner.