Huddersfield immediately went under pressure from the home side just two minutes into the game as Calum Woods' pass was intercepted by Matthew Kennedy but he hit his shot over the bar from a tough angle. Kennedy was causing the terriers a lot of problems and he yet again intercepted a pass only to fire wide of Alex Smithies goal.
Oliver Norwood teamed up with fellow new boy Adam Clayton with a neat interplay of football which forced a corner upon Kilmarnock. From the corner it was Norwood who gave the terriers their first shot on goal as his curling effort from the edge of the area had to be stopped by Cameron Bell. As the game progressed it was the visitors who were starting to dominate things after being pressurised early on. Sean Scannell skipped past two Kilmarnock defenders but he could only fire his shot wide before Rhodes made Bell make yet another save to deny the striker his first goal since scoring his penalty kick at Wembley.
The terriers were however trailing after the twenty minute mark despite starting to control the game with long periods of possession. Jeroen Tesselaar crossed the ball into the box and it was Lee Johnson who volleyed it past Smithies to give Kilmarnock the lead. Kilmarnock stepped things up even further after scoring the opener and nearly got a second through Kennedy who's effort was headed away by a diving Murray Wallace. Smithies was called upon just a few moments later to keep the deficit to just one as he managed to block a Rory McKenzie effort with his legs.
Huddersfield levelled things up before half time through last seasons top goalscorer Jordan Rhodes who headed home from a brilliant cross by Paul Dixon who continually was doing well to get forward as much as possible. The whistle went for half time and Grayson employed the same strategy as what he had done at Guiseley by making nine changes to the team which gave a different look to the terriers as they re-emerged for the second half.
Good play by Kallum Higginbotham & Murray Wallace saw Anton Robinson being played through but he was hacked down by Manuel Pascali as he beared down on goal. Simon Graysons latest transfer signing in the form of Joel Lynch then made his debut for the yorkshire club as he came on to replace Murray Wallace who was having yet another strong game to follow up from a strong personal performance against Guiesley on Saturday.
Antony Kay has been written off by Town fans since promotion into the Championship but it was the experienced midfielder who came close to giving the away side the lead as he headed just wide from a Danny Ward cross. Higginbotham was in the midst of things once again a few minutes later as he linked up well with Chris Atkinson but the resulting shot from Jimmy Spencer was hit straight at Bell in goal for Kilmarnock.
The final whistle from the referee brought the game to an end in a well deserved 1-1 draw for the terriers who will have felt like they had done enough to come out as winners.
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