Barnsley missed the chance to go second as they had to come from behind to claim a 1-1 draw with Derby.
Hammill grabs point for Barnsley
Barnsley missed the chance to go second in the Championship as they had to come from behind to claim a 1-1 draw with Derby.
Derby had gone ahead at Oakwell as Dean Leacock opened the scoring after just 14 minutes.
Barnsley managed to get back on level terms just minutes into the second half as winger Adam Hamill pounced but Mark Robins' side could not find a winner.
Barnsley were unchanged after routing Leeds, while Derby pair Robbie Savage and Tomasz Cywka made way in midfield for Kris Commons and Ben Pringle.
Commons wasted little time in making an impact, lashing a 25-yard shot over the crossbar in the opening exchanges, but the visitors were on target soon after.
Barnsley goalkeeper Luke Steele punched clear Pringle's 14th-minute corner and Leacock kept his composure to head home a bouncing ball inside the penalty area into the bottom corner.
Barnsley defender Jason Shackell was then wayward with a long-range shot and Hammill dragged his angled drive wide before Garry O'Connor forced Derby goalkeeper Stephen Bywater into a comfortable save.
Hammill kept Bywater on his toes with another shot, Jacob Butterfield tried his luck from 30 yards and O'Connor's goalbound header was cleared by Derby defender Shaun Barker as Barnsley chased an equaliser.
Leveller
Derby held onto their lead until the break, but were pegged back just three minutes into the second period following some sloppy defending. O'Connor played in Hammill and the in-form winger curled a shot from 12 yards inside the far post.
The Tykes twice threatened to take the lead straight after the restart as Bywater kept out Butterfield's 20-yard shot at full stretch, while Barker again proved Derby's last line of defence when he blocked Jim O'Brien's piledriver.
Derby midfielder Paul Green went close with a 25-yard shot, Shefki Kuqi pulled his effort wide from inside the penalty area and Pringle was not far off target with another long-range drive as Derby enjoyed a spell of pressure midway through the second half.
Tykes manager Mark Robins replaced O'Brien and Andy Gray with Kieran Trippier and Liam Dickinson in the final quarter, but neither player was able to alter the course of the game and neither side was able to engineer further chances as the game ended in stalemate.
