Liam Hayton made his 400th appearance for Kendal but celebrations were a trifle restrained after opponents Birkenhead Park snatched a late draw.
Time was running-out for the visitors when they banged a penalty into the Kendal 22 and the forwards set up a powerful drive.
Although it was stopped short of the line, referee Martin Maughan felt it had been halted illegally and he awarded a penaltry try which put Park level at 20-20.
Kendal, lying second in the table, and Birkenhead Park who were on a seven-match winning run, hadn’t really lived up to those statistics and it was not a classic confrontation.
The game was spoiled by a flurry of penalties as both sides fell foul of the referee on regular occasions.
The opening points went to Kendal in the 27th minute when Glen Weightman put over a successful penalty kick.
Although they had Danny Barker yellow carded soon after taking the lead it was Kendal who had a profitable spell before the break.
On 37 minutes. Dane Blenkharn made good ground into the Park 22 and with Matt Houghton taking over, the ball was shifted to the wing where Ben Dixon did well to avoid two tackles and get in at the corner for an unconverted try.
From the re-start Kendal were awarded a penalty which Weightman booted deep into the Park 22.
From the line-out Dan Lowther came quickly through to take the ball and although stopped close to the line, Joe Fiddler was on hand to score his fifth try.
A good spell for Kendal was just rather spoiled on half-time when Park were awarded a penalty in front of the posts and kicked it.
Hayton, relishing his 400th game, moved from lock to the front row in the second-half when Park started very strongly.
On 46 minutes Park moved the ball smartly from a scrum and an effective crash-ball play brought them a try which was converted.
There was a chance for Kendal to press home a numerical advantage when Park had a player yellow-carded but just as when the hosts were playing with 14 so the visitors had the better of things.
Eventually they had a chance on 70 minutes to level from a penalty and they took it to set-up a tense finale.
It was Kendal who regained the lead after strong driving play from the forwards ended with Steve Nelson going over and Chris Park converted.
Park was on as a replacement needed six points to become only the third Kendal player to reach 1,000 points for the club. He must wait for the last three points to reach that particular milestone.
But Park weren’t finished and with the last action of the game were awarded the penalty try which squared up the contest
