Date	Saturday, 26 August 1933
Competition	Highland League
Fixture/Score	Ross County 1:3 Buckie Thistle
Venue	Victoria Park
Referee	Mr Wm. Sutherland
Ross County
Manager	The Management Committee
Starting 11	1: Peter Brett, 2: Tom Anderson, 3: Alexander (Ackie) MacPherson, 4: Albert MacRae, 5: Ackie Urquhart, 6: Roddie Garrow, 7: John Tarrell, 8: J. MacKay 1, 9: William Skinner, 10: James (Mollie) Ross, 11: Charlie Cameron
Bench
Attendance
Match Report	Report from the Ross-shire Journal. Ross County 1 Buckie Thistle 3 It took Buckie Thistle to break down the high hopes entertained by Ross County supporters for their team’s success after the performance against Peterhead the previous week. However, it was not until the second half had commenced and the lack of training told on the home eleven, that the clever Buckie men, through well-directed passing and positional play, took the upper hand. County led at half-time by the only goal scored, and had as much if not more of the play than had their opponents, but somehow the forwards could not get on the mark or work together. Indeed, the lack of co-operation between the extreme wing men and the inside forwards was most pronounced and resulted in both outside men being starved. The County goal came just on half-time, through Mackay, after the ball had hit the crossbar. Mackay caught the rebound and with his body, pushed the ball through. Buckie hotly disputed the point, and alleged that Mackay had used his hands. Be that as it may, the point stood after the referee had consulted his linesmen. The County's second half opening was good, but they had to face wind and sun, and it was not long before leg-weariness showed itself. Maclennan, a clever and fast centre forward, beat Brett with a bouncing ball. Buckie took heart, settled down to their well-known clever mode of play, and were soon in the lead through Stewart, who beat Brett after the latter had only partly cleared. In another few minutes, Smith gave them the lead, with a soft goal. County staged a belated rally, but although they gave Woods some anxious moments, the goalkeeper held them at bay. Previous to the game, Mr Nolans, a cornet player from Buckie, played “Abide with me,” in respect to a director of the Buckie Club who died suddenly in the North last week, and crowd and players stood to attention for two minutes. For Ross County, Brett has improved in his handling of the ball, which is both crisp and efficient. He lost the third goal—a long high shot—by bad anticipation. Anderson steadied as the game went on, while Macpherson was about the best back afield and captivated the crowd with his daring tackling and powerful, if somewhat erratic kicking. Again Urquhart’s display at centre half was outstanding, although he wandered to the wings a bit, due mainly to the wing halves not being able to hold the Buckie wing men. Albert Macrae, right half, is the Inverness Thistle centre-half, whose performance both with Edinburgh University and Thistle, caused a stir last year. On Saturday, playing out of position, he justified his inclusion, but clearly showed the need of training. Garrow was good and bad in patches; he had a hot handful in Milne as opposition. The forwards could not strike a winning vein. True they received few decent balls from their supports, but the real cause of their lack of success was the clever opposition against them. It will be a long time before Ross County is called upon to meet such accomplished opponents!