Date	Saturday, 22 January 1938
Competition	Scottish Cup
Fixture/Score	Chirnside United 2:3 Ross County
Venue	Comrades Park
Referee	Mr M. Cannon
Ross County
Manager	George Henderson
Starting 11	1: R MacNeil, 2: Roddie Munro, 3: A Burnett, 4: D.L MacIntosh, 5: George Henderson, 6: J MacIntosh, 7: J.A MacKay 1, 8: J.G MacKay 1, 9: Ernest Gowl 1, 10: James (Mollie) Ross, 11: W Patterson
Bench
Attendance
Match Report	Report from the Ross-shire Journal. Chirnside United 2 Ross County 3 Ross County entered the second round of the Scottish Cup because they were speedier, more methodical and possessed much better positioning than Chirnside United at Chirnside. The County defence made one of its few slips in the opening minutes of the game when Hush got through to open Chirnside’s account. The Highlanders, however, never lost courage, and Hope’s brilliant goalkeeping for Chirnside defied them for thirty minutes. Successive corners were forced and well taken, and finally J. G. Mackay headed in the equaliser. Chirnside replied briskly, and a combined movement by the forwards deserved a better fate than that which befell Cossar’s parting shot, which went past the post with Macneill well beaten. Up to the interval even play ruled, but the Highland defence was sound, Munro being the best player afield. Robust play was the order in the second half, and both trainers were called on frequently. There was no rough play, however, but keen and first-time tackling was responsible for some mishaps. Against a strong wind, Ross County stood up well. A peculiar fact was that their ’keeper had little to do. Munro and Hush collided and both were carried off for repair with cuts in their heads. With ten players each, the County scored against the run of play inside of twenty minutes. Gowl was the marksman. Chirnside replied five minutes later, Buchanan being the scorer. A ding-dong finish was served up when Hush and Munro returned. Chirnside pressed strongly without troubling the ’keeper, however. A breakaway on the County right wing saw Munro, who had transferred to outside-right, trick Feenie. He slipped a nice ball to J. A. Mackay, who connected and shot into an untenanted goal. Luck ran against Chirnside following this. They fought pluckily for the equaliser, but all of no avail. It was the general opinion that if there is a ten-goal better team than Ross County in the Highlands the Borders want to see it. Surely that score a fortnight ago was not against this team. Henderson, the new Ross County player-coach, was sound, and broke up very dangerous raids with clever anticipation.