Date	Saturday, 08 April 1933
Competition	Stuart Cup
Fixture/Score	Ross County 2:1 Nairn County
Venue	Victoria Park
Referee
Ross County
Manager	The Management Committee
Starting 11
Bench
Attendance
Match Report	Report from the North Star. Ross County 2, Nairn County 1 This cup-tie was one of those games one wishes to forget, due to the unfortunate incidents that punctuated its progress. The game itself did not reach the standard usually associated with cup-ties; it was messy without being thrilling. Good football was at a premium, and real interest was only introduced into the play after the score stood at one goal apiece. The general exchanges were fought out in accordance with the score, although Aird’s headed winner, late in the game, was due to a misunderstanding between the Nairn backs and their goalkeeper. Nevertheless, the County should not have been dependent on that goal being such a vital point, because in the first forty minutes they had enough opportunities to have built up a substantial lead. Instead, it was only Urquhart’s converted penalty kick, at the halftime whistle, which showed a return for their mastery. Such a state was entirely due to the ineptitude and lack of initiative on the part of the home inside forwards. They invariably passed into the centre when Aird was crowded out, and likewise to the wings when they were similarly placed. In fact, their judgment in distribution was faulty. Had Nairn’s attacks been presented with only a percentage of their opponents' chances at the goalmouth when they took a firmer hold of the game after the interval, they must have finished differently. Their inside men, especially the right, were craftsmen who succeeded in making “Barney” Morrison’s task a much lighter one than Aird’s. Morrison’s success only brought one goal—the equaliser—but this was due to Urquhart's watchfulness and the brilliance of Cowie at right-half. Repeatedly, Cowie not only subdued his own wing but often stepped into the centre to avert the danger that threatened his goal from that direction. Altogether, it was an uneventful afternoon’s display that bestowed the little honour that was going to the respective intermediate lines, especially Cowie and Nairn's centre-half, Bowie.