The object of his match is a draw (6)
I believe the answer is:
smoker
'a draw' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'the object of his match' is the wordplay.
'the object' becomes 'Sm' (Sm is an example).
'of' becomes 'o''.
'his match' becomes 'ker' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'sm'+'o'+'ker'='SMOKER'
'is' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for smoker that I've seen before include "parrot!" , "Puffer" , "User of cigarettes" , "Pipe or cigarette user" , "Regular cigarette user" .)