Shrews reach summit after Torquay topple
Looking for a fifth straight league win, the Gulls were 2-0 down at half-time after conceding goals to Anthony Grant and Josh Simpson.
Chris Zebroski halved the deficit late on but it proved only a consolation for the visitors.
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Hide AdUnbeaten Shrewsbury took advantage of the slip-up to move a point clear at the summit.
Bury and Gillingham served up a nine-goal thriller. The home side led 2-0 at half-time thanks Andy Bishop and Ryan Lowe (penalty).
Adebayo Akinfenwa scored either side of Bishop's second to make it 3-2 and Danny Spiller equalised. Goals from Efe Sodja and Chris Palmer followed before Lowe netted the winner.
Chesterfield climbed to third courtesy of a 2-1 victory over Lincoln. Dwayne Mattis and Craig Davies made it 2-0 before Ben Hutchinson scored a late consolation.
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Hide AdBarnet hauled themselves off the bottom thanks to their first win of the season, a 3-1 victory over Cheltenham.
Stockport, second bottom before the start, recorded their first win in six months thanks to a debut from goalkeeper Matty Glennon at Macclesfield that included a penalty save from Emile Sinclair's weak effort.
Morecambe slumped to the foot of the table, going down 4-0 at Oxford. James Constable scored a hat-trick and Morecambe had Laurence Wilson sent off.
Aaron Webster set up two goals on his 500th appearance for Burton as they beat Hereford 3-0.
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Hide AdAccrington Stanley rescued a 1-1 draw against Wycombe four minutes into stoppage-time.
At Aldershot a 95th-minute equaliser from Ben Harding salvaged the same result against Northampton.
Crewe and Stevenage also drew 1-1 draw, Ashley Westwood's stunning equaliser cancelling out Yemi Odubade's opener.