Date	Saturday, 18 March 1939
Competition	Highland League
Fixture/Score	Ross County 3:7 Caledonian FC
Venue	Victoria Park
Referee
Ross County
Manager	George Barrie
Starting 11	1: Roy Applegate, 2: J Sutherland, 3: A Jack, 4: A. MacDonald, 5: Adam Forsyth, 6: J Wood, 7: Tommy Urquhart 1, 8: J.A MacKay, 9: Ernest Gowl 2, 10: W Murray, 11: Roddie Munro
Bench
Attendance
Match Report	Report from the Ross-shire Journal. Ross County 3 Caledonian FC 7 Caledonian (Inverness) are dubbed as Ross County’s “bogey” team in Dingwall. Truly, this year at least, they have proved it. Caley put paid to Ross hopes in the North of Scotland Cup at Victoria Park earlier in the season; on Saturday, they emphasised their superiority by thoroughly whacking Ross at Dingwall by seven goals to three in a Highland League fixture. There was nothing much "bogey" about Caley’s win. All over they were the better side. Probably their superiority was due to the very poor display the team against them put up. County’s performance is one they will want to forget. They were made to look very juniorish. After a bright start which gave rise to false hope, County were kept on the run throughout the whole game, and many were the disgruntled and none complimentary remarks their play brought from their own supporters. The County Committee experimented; it did not come off. Sutherland and Jack, as backs, did not fit in. True Sutherland holds out great promise of improvement, and especially so when Munro came back to partner him. Probably the real weakness in the County team was at half back. Forsyth never struck a game; he was always too far back, and with Main facing him, he found the task a difficult one. Again Wood wandered all over the place, leaving great big blanks on his side of the field, which Caley were not slow in exploiting. Macdonald put in a hard day; he only is to be complimented. The forwards have an excuse in the inability of their half backs to help them but they too were often at fault, and could not get going. Often it looked as if Murray would manage to do something, but somehow he failed to get to grips with the game. When Jack was drafted into the forward line, he gave the impression of being able to play his part there. From him came some fine forcing movements, and his ball control and speed was a revelation to the home supporters. Even the usually superb Applegate in goal blotted his copy book for once. There were two goals against him which, in his usual form, he would have safely held. Caley scored first through Main, Applegate making his first mistake. However the goalkeeper redeemed himself by a brilliant save minutes after from the same player. Bartlett (a Contin boy, by the way), got Caley’s second goal, and shortly after Gowl reduced the lead by a smart header. Caley would not be denied and in another run, Mackinnon put them two up again. County here were awarded a penalty but Mackintosh saved Mackay’s kick. A second point was got for County, Gowl presenting Urquhart with a fine opportunity, when the former struck the cross bar and the ball came to the wing man. A goal by Smith gave Caley a comfortable lead of 4-2 at half time. An early goal in the second half, by Gowl, gave County a good send off but they could not maintain it, and once again they were playing second fiddle. Before the end, Main collected three goals, and County retired well beaten. Of the Caley team, a word should be said about their young goalkeeper, who played a splendid game, and also about their big centre half, Matheson. The big fellow collected everything that came down the centre, and his strong clearances in no small measure helped greatly the success of his side.