Date	Saturday, 19 February 1938
Competition	North of Scotland Cup
Fixture/Score	Ross County 1:1 Caledonian FC
Venue	Victoria Park
Referee	Mr W. Jaffrey
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, 8: J.G MacKay, 9: Ernest Gowl 1, 10: Frank Wilson, 11: W Patterson
Bench
Attendance
Match Report	Report from the Ross-shire Journal. Ross County 1 Caledonian FC 1 The game took place at Victoria Park, Dingwall, in presence of an interested and representative crowd of spectators. Both teams put forward their best combination, each being equally desirous of securing the trophy, which is the blue ribbon of the football season in the North. Caledonian should have won this game: they should have clinched matters early on. For 80 of the 90 minutes play they were by far the better team. Paradoxically, though it may seem to state so, they might easily have lost the game in that last ten minutes. After scoring the equalising goal Ross County practically ran the Caley players off their feet. The defence had a hectic time and latterly were kicking the ball anywhere to "kill" time. That last ten minutes display, however, does not excuse the County men for their ineptitude during the major part of the game. Up to a point the Caledonian gave a sound display. The defence was sure, the halves proved good grafters and supported their front men well; the forwards played together as a unit, the whole line moving sweetly and effectively. Then came the full stop. They could not finish. There was a hesitancy in shooting. Mackay, the centre forward, spoiled many scoring chances by getting off-side. With his experience that should not have happened. On the other hand, Macneil deserves great credit for frustrating the Caledonian. He was in his best form and gave a convincing display. He was the outstanding man on the field. Curiously enough the next best was Wilson, also a Ross County man. He worked gallantly from start to finish and it was no fault of his that his team did not win. Henderson, while not spectacular, was useful particularly with his head. Both wing halves were, to say the least of it, off form, the right-half particularly so. As already said, Wilson was the only forward who counted. Paterson was no help to him; the Mackay wing, for some unaccountable reason, failed until near the end, when they both showed what they could do. Gowl got no rope from Macrae, but his equalising goal was a splendid effort. For the visitors Mackenzie was safe in goal. Main was the better of two good backs. He completely mastered Paterson. Macrae only made one mistake and Gowl should have scored as a result. Rooney was also a good half. Reid was splendid at inside-right and Stewart and Kirkley were very effective on the extreme wings, but Stewart missed a great scoring chance. Mackay was too impetuous. From the start Caledonian threatened danger and Stewart had a good try to open the scoring. Then an intelligent move by Wilson was spoiled when J. A. Mackay got off-side. Macneil saved a good shot from Reid and later cleared a corner kick well taken by Kirkley. The Caley were very eager; perhaps too eager, a little steadiness in front of goal might have had the desired effect. Kirkley gave Macneil a good shot to hold. Paterson had one good run, in which he beat three men. His parting shot, however, had no sting. Wilson was playing cleverly for the County, but he got little or no support. Caledonian continued to have most of the game and the County custodian and backs had a busy time. Mackay lost a great opportunity for his side when he shot into Macneil's hands from five yards distance. Later Macneil saved marvellously a shot from Mackay, but he had ultimately to admit defeat when the centre pushed home a cross from Kirkley. On changing ends, Caledonian continued to dominate play and at times Macneil alone saved his team from disaster. Reid, Mackay and Urquhart all tested him in turn, but to no effect. A shot from Kirkley beat him but the cross-bar came to the rescue. Mackay, however, was badly at fault when faced with an open goal he shot past. The game was drifting to its close, the Caledonian apparently tiring of their persistent but unsuccessful assaults. Then came the metamorphosis. Gowl got a goal with his head. It was typical of him. The ball came across from the wing. He bent low to it and like a rocket it went under the cross-bar. Mackenzie had no chance with it. Like a team inspired, the County now took the game in hand. They tied the Caley men to their own half and only the brilliancy of Main and Mackenzie kept them from scoring. In the circumstances, a draw was the best result.