Kenwyne Jones came from the bench late on to score within three minutes of his Bournemouth debut and rescue a point away to Ipswich . The pass the parcel of the Championship top spot continued as Bournemouth could only draw after falling behind to an early Freddie Sears goal . They dominated the match , but had to wait until the 82nd minute for Jones , taken on loan from Cardiff 10 days ago , to power in a header . Kenwyne Jones ( right ) celebrates acrobatically after levelling for Bournemouth against Ipswich . Bournemouth 's players mob Jones after he earned them a point from the game against Ipswich . Freddie Sears celebrates putting Ipswich ahead against Bournemouth at Portman Road after six minutes . Sears ( left ) converted from close range to put Ipswich ahead in the early exchanges of the game . Bournemouth ( 4-4-2 ) : Boruc ; Francis , Cook ( Jones 79 ) , Elphick , Daniels ; Ritchie , Surman , Arter , Fraser ( Smith 78 ) ; Pitman ( Kermorgant 65 ) , Wilson . Subs not used : Camp , Ward , Gosling , MacDonald . Manager : Eddie Howe . Booked : Arter . Goal : Jones , 82 . Ipswich ( 4-3-3 ) : Bialkowski ; Chambers , Smith , Berra , Fryers ; Skuse , Tabb , Bishop ( Chaplow 57 ) ; Varney ( Clarke 90 ) , Sears ( Wood 79 ) , Murphy . Subs not used : Gerken , , Anderson , Williams , McGoldrick . Manager : Mick McCarthy . Booked : Chambers . Goal : Sears , 6 . Referee : Robert Madley . Attendance : 22,672 . ‘ We scored an un-Bournemouth goal , ’ manager Eddie Howe admitted afterwards . ‘ But it was equally effective as any , from a set piece . It ’ s good to see , we haven ’ t come back from being behind much this season . ‘ Jones is a presence , but he ’ s more than that he ’ s got good feet , he was excellent when he came on . He ’ s very important in terms of scores like this and the situation the game was in . That ’ s when he ’ s probably going to play his biggest part . It ’ s his job to turn those into points for us . He could be invaluable. ’ All it took was a split second lapse in concentration from Bournemouth ’ s defence and they were behind in only the sixth minute . The first half was still taking shape when Daryl Murphy was afforded time and space on the right inside the box to bring a cross under control with a lovely touch and pass into Sears to fire in first-time . The striker , formerly of West Ham , was so free he looked over to the linesman , fearing he was offside , but the flag stayed down and he notched up his 19th goal of the campaign . Ipswich goalkeeper Bartosz Bialkowski was diving left , right and centre for the remainder of the game to keep his side ahead . Twice he denied Ryan Fraser and again a powerful effort from Matt Ritchie . But Jones was thrown on in the 79th minute and rose to meet Ritchie ’ s left-hand side corner to finally beat the Polish keeper . Ipswich manager Mick McCarthy said : ’ They put a very , very , very expensive acquisition on . He is pretty good in the air . I ’ ve just watched it and Tommy Smith is head-to-head with him , it ’ s one of those you get your head on it sometimes it flies in sometimes it doesn ’ t . He ’ s started to pay a bit back , I ’ d say. ’ Ipswich manager Mick McCarthy shakes hands with Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe before the game . Bournemouth defender Steve Cook clears the ball under pressure from Ipswich forward Sears . Cook ( left ) of Bournemouth contests a header with Ipswich attacker Daryl Murphy . Bialkowski pulled off his save of the match in stoppage time , making a one-handed stop at full-stretch to reach substitute Yann Kermorgant ’ s header from another Ritchie corner . Bournemouth are unbeaten in seven , but no-one is able to get a grip at the top of the Championship table . ‘ I ’ ve not known a league change hands so much , ’ Howe added . ‘ I ’ ve not known it so tight . It ’ s crazy . I said a few weeks ago there could be plenty more twists and turns . ‘ I think everyone is hoping they can be the team which breaks away . With so few games to go now it looks unlikely . It all goes down to the team who can hold their nerve the most and who can continue to avoid the pressure of what ’ s at stake . ’
Freddie Sears put Ipswich ahead from close range after three minutes . Mick McCarthy 's side had the lead at the half-time interval . Kenwyne Jones equalised with a header on his Bournemouth debut .