A fifth minute goal by striker Craig Fagan for Blues was cancelled out 15 minutes later by Boltons Jay-Jay Okocha.
Bryan Hughes came closest to giving Blues all three points when his clever lob over keeper Bon came off the crossbar.
Blues: Bennett, Beauchamp, Hutchinson, Hipkiss, Capaldi, Allen, Hughes, Grondin, Luntala, Fagan, Kirovski. Subs from: Davies, Courtney, Luckett, Martin.
Bolton: Bon, Mendy, Smith, Livesey, David Holdsworth, N’Gotty, Tofting, Warhurst, Okocha, Walters, Armstrong. Subs: Niven, Howarth, Richardson, Facey, Johnson.