Date	Friday, 24 December 1937
Competition	Highland League
Fixture/Score	Ross County 1:6 Inverness Clachnacuddin
Venue	Victoria Park
Referee	Mr Cruickshanks
Ross County
Manager	The Management Committee
Starting 11	1: ??? Jappy, 2: Roddie Munro, 3: ??? Brindle, 4: J.G MacKay, 5: A Burnett, 6: J MacIntosh 1, 7: J.A MacKay, 8: James (Mollie) Ross, 9: Ernest Gowl, 10: L Calder, 11: W.G Ross
Bench
Attendance
Match Report	Report from the Ross-shire Journal. Ross County 1 Inverness Clachnacuddin 6 Ross County got a shock when Clachnacuddin defeated them by 6 goals to 1. But there was no doubt about the visitors' superiority. In contrast the County was a team at sixes and sevens from start to finish. The Clach lads dictated the play throughout. Ross County played only as well as the other team allowed them to. They took their Christmas spirit on to the field with them; Clach left theirs in the Pavilion. They gave absolutely nothing away. True, practically everything came off for the Clach, but their courage and enterprise was such that no one could begrudge them their victory, for in every point of the game they were masters. In addition to their will to win, they had method and finishing power. The covering up of the defence was also masterly. At the other end it was a different tale. Time and again the ball was lobbed up the field, with never a County forward up, with the result that there was a huge gap between the forwards and the Clach backs, who thus gave an exhibition of free kicking. But the County have done better in the past; they will do better in the future. Saturday was their day off. Although not too sure, Munro and Brindle stood up manfully to their task. They were the only division that could compare with Clach. They were occasionally spread-eagled and that meant disaster, so accurate were the Clach forwards in their placing. In the middle Clach had easily the better of it, Maclean and Cameron being outstanding. Clach also had it in attack. Not that the players were any better individually, but they played the type of game that paid. The whole line was virile and full of punch. The County lacked cohesion. The forwards were purposeless. Ross and Calder worked hard, but the others got little of the ball. It is many a day since Gowl was so subdued. J. A. Mackay was also off colour and the new man, Ross, has still to earn his spurs. The halves were too much on the defensive to give the forwards much assistance. Both backs stood up to their gruelling manfully, but Jappy in goal was not so sure as he might have been. Clach took the lead early on through Cameron and within four minutes Roy added a second. Both were of the saveable order. This gave the visitors the necessary encouragement and they never looked back again. Before half-time Millar and Wemyss had brought the Clach's total to four without reply. The last goal was a beautiful effort, Wemyss running in and shooting high into the rigging. Ross County started the second half as if they were going to do something. The effort was short-lived and Clach again took a grip of the game. Notwithstanding that Mackintosh was hurt and had to be carried off with a severe leg injury, the ten men were much superior. Two goals were added by Wemyss, which gave him his "hat trick." Near the end, Ross County got a consolation goal, Mackintosh heading a J. A. Mackay corner kick into the net. Mr Cruickshanks, Aberdeen, was the referee. His handling of the game was perfect. More of his kind in the North would be invaluable to football.