Date	Saturday, 28 January 1939
Competition	Highland League
Fixture/Score	Elgin City 8:2 Ross County
Venue	Borough Briggs
Referee	Mr. J. Maclean
Ross County
Manager	George Barrie
Starting 11	1: M Murray, 2: J.A MacKay 1 (1 pen), 3: Roddie Munro, 4: A. MacDonald, 5: George Barrie, 6: J Wood, 7: J Black, 8: Neil Gillies, 9: Ernest Gowl, 10: W Murray 1, 11: Tommy Urquhart
Bench
Attendance
Match Report	Report from the Ross-shire Journal. Elgin City 8 Ross County 2 Ross County were unfortunate to have to travel without Jack, the left back. J. A. Mackay, who was being rested for the day, had to be brought in at the last moment. He took the right back position, Munro crossing over to the left. The City was at full strength. Maclennan took advantage of a defensive blunder to put Elgin ahead within three minutes and they became two up when Murray allowed a soft shot from the centre-forward to slip from his grasp. These early goals gave confidence. Maclennan secured his hat-trick before the interval when he beat Murray with a low drive. Elgin began the second half where they left off, and two quick goals by Maclennan and Cormack brought their total to five. Ralph beat the 'keeper in a race for possession to score Elgin's sixth, but the County reduced the arrears when Mackay converted a penalty. Elgin got their seventh when Munro put through his own goal, and then Murray broke away to score a second for the County. Just on time, Maclennan got through for an eighth and completed his own 'nap hand.' The feature of the match was Sandy Maclennan's brilliant return to form. He was a dashing leader throughout, and his five goals were a real tribute to his opportunism. It must be said, however, that the whole Elgin team were in grand form, and perhaps the County must be considered rather unlucky in meeting the Borough Briggs team at their best. Elgin gave a fine exhibition of team-work which was in direct contrast to the rather aimless methods of the Dingwall side. Ralph, playing his second game in the outside right position, was a grand winger, and repeatedly carried the ball down field to send over accurate crosses. Gordon and George were clever wing halves, and the City defence had a fairly easy day. Murray, the Ross 'keeper, was inclined to be shaky in handling, but he had little chance to save any of the counters. Barrie was outstanding in defence. Every ball seemed to be attracted to his head. Mackay was the better back. Gillies, at inside-right, tried hard to find an opening in the Elgin defence, and Murray, inside-left, had some clever runs. Gowl, centre-forward, was rarely seen beside A. Grant's dominating personality.