Date	Saturday, 22 August 1936
Competition	Highland League
Fixture/Score	Nairn County 4:0 Ross County
Venue	Station Park
Referee	Mr. T. Maclean
Ross County
Manager	The Management Committee
Starting 11	1: ? Fraser, 2: J.A MacKay, 3: J Stewart, 4: J Wood, 5: J.G MacKay, 6: Paulo Grant, 7: William Bowie, 8: D Bowie, 9: E Gillies, 10: James (Mollie) Ross, 11: D. Ross
Bench
Attendance
Match Report	Report from the Ross-shire Journal. Nairn County 4 Ross County 0 A whirlwind start gave the home team a lead of two goals in the first three minutes. The first came within 60 seconds, a result of a combined run by Fraser and Macdonald. The latter centred the ball for Mackintosh to send home. Two minutes later a long drive by Fraser reached the net off the upright. Ross County rallied and with the breeze at their back, attacked strongly. Gillies had two fine drives well held by Leith, and A. Ross struck the post with a fierce shot from close in. For a time it was all Ross County, but the Nairn defence, particularly Leith, was putting in splendid work, albeit, it must be admitted, they had luck on their side on several occasions, A breakaway by Nairn almost brought a third goal, Manderson shooting narrowly past. Until half-time, however, the ball was seldom out of the homesters' half of the field, although the Ross-shire men were unable to locate the net. Nairn opened the second half strongly and in a few minutes had registered number three. It was the result of an up-the-middle pass, which Macdonald accepted and easily beat Fraser. With such a commanding lead, Nairn played confidently and Ross County fell away. Nairn went further ahead through Mackintosh, and until the end, Nairn dictated the play. Nairn County deserved their win, although their play did not reach a very high standard. The chief difference between the sides was that Nairn had players of experience in Miller, Bowie, Fraser, and McIntosh, to dictate the game, Ross County were a go-ahead side, but lacked positional moves, Fraser, J. A. Mackay and Stewart, were sound defenders, but Stewart found Mackintosh too much for him towards the end. J. Mackay, at centre-half, was the main stay of the side. Gillies and J. Ross were best of a poor forward line, which seldom got within scoring distance, Leith returned after six years' absence to defend brilliantly in the Nairn goal. The backs were erratic, with Mortimer well ahead of Russell. Miller was a star performer at centre-half, He received good support from Riley and Bowie, The forwards were a smart lot. McIntosh, Fraser and Macdonald were best.