Date	Saturday, 30 October 1937
Competition	Highland League
Fixture/Score	Ross County 6:2 Nairn County
Venue	Victoria Park
Referee
Ross County
Manager	The Management Committee
Starting 11	1: R MacNeil, 2: Roddie Munro, 3: ??? Brindle, 4: A. MacDonald, 5: A Burnett, 6: J MacIntosh, 7: J.A MacKay, 8: J.A Ross 2, 9: Ernest Gowl 2 (1 pen), 10: L Calder 1, 11: John Tarrell 1
Bench
Attendance
Match Report	Report from the Ross-shire Journal. Ross County 6 Nairn County 2 Before the commencement of the Ross County v. Nairn County League game at Dingwall on Saturday, a two minutes' silence was observed after the teams had lined up. A tribute of respect to the wife of Alex. Urquhart, centre-half, whose sudden death on Thursday caused great grief among players and spectators alike. The home team wore black armlets and the club flag was flown at half mast. The day was a dismal one. There were rain and mist throughout the game, making both ball and ground very treacherous. The man-in-possession always held the advantage, and Ross County, although winning by six goals to two, might have rammed home their superiority far more had they realised this fact. Within eight minutes, Ross were on the lead. A ball, coming off the cross bar with great speed, was collected by Gowl, who easily scored. The lead gave Ross confidence, and they played good football, although too many balls were put up to Gowl when he had no room to move. Calder, with a splendid shot, increased the home lead. Nairn, however, did not give in. Pluckily they fought back and being quick on the ball, took a deal of holding. From a foul kick, well-placed by Mackay, W. A. Ross headed the first Nairn counter—a deserved point. Undismayed by the reverse, Ross kept up a constant pressure on Webster's goal, and the goalkeeper was given many opportunities to distinguish himself. Before half-time, the Ross total went to three. Tarrel scored the third, but it was due to Gowl's harassing tactics that the point was made. The second half, in which four goals were scored, three by Ross and one by Nairn, was always interesting. Ross were always confident of the result, and made studied effort to find each other with the ball. More wing play and less up-the-centre passes, however, would probably have profited them more, and, incidentally made the game more interesting. As it was, Gowl's task was a thankless one in the centre. A noted goal-scorer, he was watched with hawk-like vigilance by Maclennan, and had to do a great deal of foraging to get room to move in. With high balls coming over from the wings, Gowl's goal-scoring reputation will be maintained. Excelling with his head, he has the eye for taking up position for high wing crosses. Macdonald, who played right half for Ross on Saturday—he is usually an inside man—filled the bill well. In fact, he was constantly in the eye, and proved a fine, forceful half-back, if inclined to get rid of the ball too quickly. The ever-green Brindle, who came in at back to release Burnett for the centre-half position, was another success, and in all his work he had the crowd with him. Burnett dominated the centre of the field, and with a timely word here and there, kept his side on the right track. Tarrel, another reserve, had also a good game, being greatly assisted by Calder, a forcing and accomplished player. It was indeed a different playing team to the one seen against Elgin the previous week; but then, Nairn County are not an Elgin City. The goal-scorers in the second half, were:—Ross County—Gowl (penalty), and M. Ross (2); Nairn—Mackintosh.