Date	Saturday, 13 October 1934
Competition	Scottish Qualifying Cup
Fixture/Score	Ross County 1:4 Buckie Thistle
Venue	Victoria Park
Referee
Ross County
Manager	The Management Committee
Starting 11	1: Philip MacKay, 2: Tom Anderson, 3: ??? Gibson, 4: J MacAulay, 5: Albert MacRae, 6: Dot Garrow, 7: J Vandaleur, 8: T Cumming, 9: ? Fowler 1, 10: J.A Ross, 11: William MacKenzie
Bench
Attendance
Match Report	Report from the Ross-shire Journal. Ross County 1 Buckie Thistle 4 After their brilliant game at Buckie the previous Saturday, when they came away with a two-goal draw—Buckie equalising in the last minutes in dramatic fashion—Ross County fell at Victoria Park by the score of 4 goals to 1 for Buckie. Although the score was big against them, Ross County put up as good a show as their visitors. The deciding factor in the game was that luck was with Buckie in the matter of goals. But really the County's downfall can be traced to last-minute changes in their team—all unlooked for. The loss of their young centre, J. A. Mackenzie, was a catastrophe. Mackenzie, had he played, would certainly have snapped up that early goal which counts for so much. As it was, Fowler, a Culbokie player, came in at centre. Fowler was whole-hearted throughout, but he did not have the senior experience necessary to outwit such a clever defence as Buckie can boast. Ross County had two other new players on the field besides Fowler—Vandaleur and Gibson. Vandaleur played at outside right, while Gibson was left back. Both paid their way, as did Cumming of last week's fame. In five minutes Buckie had stolen the lead, Calder scoring from a ball dropped by the goalkeeper. County set up a terrible bombardment, but the lack of a cool head made many chances go abegging. Fowler equalised the game after Stewart kicked a certain goal off the goal-line. Up to half-time, although there was no further scoring, Ross County can be said to have had the best of exchanges and were certainly unlucky not to have been awarded a penalty when some “queer” incidents took place in front of Woods. The opening of the second half kept the excitement going. First one side missed chances; then the other. But Calder, the Buckie “star,” was not of the type given to missing much. Mackay, in attempting to kick out a cross from Milne, missed, and the ever-ready Calder was there to net. Cumming and Vandaleur combined in a brilliant right wing, but that lack of finish in the County forward line was again very evident, and another chance slipped away. Buckie struck their traditionally close game, and kept the County defence on the stretch. Macrae went up to help his forwards, but even his luck was out. A breakaway by Gowie gave Buckie a third goal, Calder again being the marksman and opportunist, finishing off another slip by Mackay. With nothing to lose and everything to gain, the County staged a great rally. How the Buckie goal was able to survive the onslaught was yet another instance of County's luck being out. Then the climax. Another breakaway by Buckie, and Milne put them three in the lead. County fought it out and although so many goals behind, the crowd got value for their money. Buckie were worthy of their win, but probably 2-1 in their favour would have been a fairer result. Ross County believes confidently that schoolboy Mackenzie would have made all the difference.