Date	Saturday, 30 December 1933
Competition	Highland League
Fixture/Score	Ross County 5:0 Nairn County
Venue	Victoria Park
Referee
Ross County
Manager	The Management Committee
Starting 11	1: J MacKay, 2: Alexander (Ackie) MacPherson, 3: Thomas Anderson, 4: Roddie Garrow, 5: Albert MacRae, 6: Ackie Urquhart, 7: John Tarrell 3, 8: William Skinner, 9: Ackie MacKay 1, 10: James (Mollie) Ross 1, 11: William Bowie
Bench
Attendance
Match Report	Report from the Ross-shire Journal. Ross County 5 Nairn County 0 Ross County had an easy win at Dingwall over Nairn County, the result being five-nil for the home team. The fact that the previous week, Nairn had accounted for the strong-going Forres Mechanics and that at Forres, made the spectators look forward to a tough game. The game, however, turned out to be anything but a test for Ross. The Nairn backs opened very shakily; in fact, a miskick by one of them almost brought disaster in the opening minutes. This incident reflected on the rest of the side, and there was a great deal of miskicking and aimless running about in the Nairn defence and half-line. Bowie, on the left touchline, was in splendid form, and his centres spread-eagled the opposition. It was not long before the home side scored, Tarrel making the opening for Ross to blaze into goal, the ball going off a defender's back into the net. The second goal produced one of the best moves seen in Victoria Park. Urquhart collared the ball well in his own half, worked it up, and slipped it to Skinner; Skinner pushed the ball to Bowie, had it returned, and cleverly drawing the defence, left Mackay unmarked to convert. The actual scoring of the goal was a simple matter: it was the lead-up work which drew forth the applause. Ross County led at half-time by two goals to nil. Right at the commencement of the second half, Tarrel secured a third, and from then on the game was lost and won. Tarrel scored another two goals before the finish. Although Ross County won so handsomely, there were many anxious moments among their defence. Both Anderson and Macpherson were erratic. Macrae stood out head and shoulders in a splendid half-line; it was wonderful judgment on his part which enabled the home defence to retire with a clean sheet. Urquhart’s clever short dribbles upfield also attracted attention, but too often in parting with the ball he failed to find his man, or hung on too long, allowing the opposing defence time to cover up. Forward, every man played his part. Tarrel lacks confidence but improved as the game progressed; both Skinner and Ross were clever and forcing throughout; both are clever masters of the art of ball trapping. Mackay, at centre for the injured Mackenzie, has not the speed of the latter, but lacks nothing in liveliness or finesse. Bowie had a field day; he has seldom been seen to better advantage; he and Ross are a strong wing. An interesting spectator at the game was Hector Stewart, Alness. Stewart, who turned out regularly last year for County, is at present home from Dundee, where, playing for an amateur combination there, he sustained a broken collarbone. Other than for this injury—which, happily, is well on the mend—Stewart would have turned out for Brechin City last week. Johnny Hart, under whose coaching Stewart was brought out, and who is now coaching Dundee United, has Stewart under his care.