Millers 2-2 Leyton Orient

Will Hoskins demonstrated why he is worth so much money and is a target for a number of clubs with two well-taken goals to earn Rotherham a point.

Leyton Orient were heading towards three points after being gifted an opener by Neil Cutler.

They went 2-0 up through Gary Alexander before Hoskins struck in the 69th and 81st minutes.

Rotherham, with only ten fit first-team players, started brightly with top-scorer Hoskins curling a shot just wide on seven minutes.

Justin Cochrane then had a shot saved but on 15 minutes Orient took the lead. Matt Lockwood and Wayne Corden worked the opportunity on the left and James Walker teed-up Chambers who drilled a low shot from 20 yards through a sea of legs.

Even so it appeared bread and butter for Cutler, but the ball spun out of his grasp and over the line.

Bright again

Martin Woods went close for the hosts and Dave Hibbert had a header saved as they tried to put Cutler's error behind them.

Hibbert then had a goal disallowed on 29 minutes after Ritchie Partridge's curling effort had ricocheted back off the post into the feet of the offside striker.

Hoskins, a January transfer target for a host of clubs including Premiership strugglers Watford, then tried his luck from 25 yards which was beaten away by Glyn Garner.

Cutler atoned for his earlier mistake with a brilliant tip over the bar to deny Walker eight minutes before the break.

As play swung up the other end, Partridge beat two players and stung Garner's finger-tips with a close-range effort.

Orient doubled the lead seven minutes after the break. Donny Barnard lumped a high ball forward and the onside Alexander controlled it, turned and fired across Cutler.

Double strike

Rotherham were looking second best in every department until Hoskins set up a grandstand finish with a smart turn and finish on 69 minutes.


He then equalised with a brilliant volley which looped over Garner from 16 yards nine minutes from time.