The home side then having a vociferous appeal for a penalty turned down in the 42nd minute by Hounslow-based referee Jarnail Singh, play being waved on following a non-existent foul by Richard Keogh on Simeon Jackson. That was it for the first-half but Gillingham should have taken the lead straight after the restart when, from a Barcham pass following approach play by Weston, Jackson somehow half-volleyed wide from close range.
Busy Gills top scorer Jackson then having an 18-yarder deflected wide by Carlisle centre-half Danny Livesey, before he did force Collin to tip over a fierce drive of his from just outside the visitors penalty area. Livesey then being carried off the pitch with a hamstring injury just after the hour-mark to be replaced at the back by Peter Murphy.
With 65 minutes on the clock Pericard headed an Evan Horwood left-wing cross straight at Gills goalkeeper Simon Royce. It was soon the home side back at it though and eight minutes later Weston played in Jackson, the striker though fluffing his lines as he blazed way over the crossbar from a tight angle in the box.
Seven minutes from time and Jackson's touch on found Mark McCammon, but sadly for the home side the big frontman's shot pinged wide off the backside of team-mate Chris Palmer. The Cumbrians though going extremely close to a grabbing a winner against the run of play in the 86th minute when Royce was forced to make an excellent save as he tipped a 22-yard Harte free-kick away from the top corner of his net.
Collin though saving a point for the visitors late on when he first saved from Jackson two minutes from time and then pushed a powerful Palmer drive over the top just sixty seconds later. The Carlisle goalkeeper having life much easier in stoppage time when he calmly held a low Jackson effort, that the last chance the Gills had to take all three points on a misfiring day for their strikers, and £1 million rated Jackson in particular.