Date	Saturday, 30 January 1932
Competition	Highland League
Fixture/Score	Ross County 0:2 Peterhead
Venue	Victoria Park
Referee
Ross County
Manager	John (Jock) Ramage
Starting 11	1: ? Scott, 2: Roddie Munro, 3: Ackie Urquhart, 4: Robert MacLeod, 5: John Ramage, 6: Roddie Garrow, 7: Ackie MacKay, 8: Dick Traill, 9: Ian Aird, 10: Dave Cowie, 11: William Bowie
Bench
Attendance
Match Report	Report from the Ross-shire Journal. Ross County 0 Peterhead 2 On Saturday, at Dingwall, Ross County struck a bad patch. After having 90 per cent of the game, Peterhead defeated them by two goals to nil. Peterhead’s first quarter of an hour was their best, and in it they displayed fast, clever and constructive football, and a readiness to seize upon any opportunity which presented itself. When the County defence settled down, however, the Peterhead attack was eclipsed and were seldom in the picture although always dangerous when past the half-line defence. The first Peterhead goal, got in the first half, was secured by Forrest, who found himself in position with the ball ten yards from Scott. The goalkeeper got down to the centre’s shot, but it was too hard for him to hold and it squirmed out of his grasp into the net. It was a well-taken point, and coming when it did, it heartened the Peterhead defence just when they needed encouragement. County took the set-back quietly but the forwards still persisted in bunching, while their extreme wing men, although encouraged and prompted by Ramage, could not get the ball across, and their attacks were easily frustrated by Muir and a steady and reliable pair of backs. On the change round, County still kept hammering the Peterhead defence. All manner of shots rained in upon Sturrock, but the goalkeeper was very safe. There was one incident which might have been the turning point of the game. Aird chased up a loose ball, and from the bye-line returned it across goal. However, none of his supports thought it worthwhile to follow up, and the ball was allowed to travel across an empty goal, Sturrock having come out to intercept Aird. A goal for the County at this stage would certainly have been followed by more, but it was not to be. Peterhead went further ahead. Ramage, as usual the dominating figure in the game, had the bad luck to fall as he was clearing. The ball glanced off his boot to the waiting Duncan, who promptly slammed the ball home with Scott helpless. Ramage had the sympathy of the crowd over this incident. None strove harder to stem the tide of ill-luck and fickleness among the forwards, and his being the indirect cause of an assured Peterhead triumph was the irony of fate! Muir, the player-coach of Peterhead, and an old Aberdeen man, quickly took advantage of this further success. He pulled in his inside men, and met all the County efforts to break through with a united defence, in which goalkeeper Sturrock was the most conspicuous. County's defeat can be put down to the inability of the inside men to make openings. There was little attempt at drawing the defence, and the bunching together allowed Peterhead defenders an easy opportunity to break up any concentrated County raid. Aird was always under the watchful eye of Muir. Cowie’s movements were always of the obvious kind, while Trail, although a live wire, is more suited to defence than attack. Bowie did not have a good game, and was found too often away from the wing position, a fault probably aggravated by the want of decent support from behind. Mackay found it difficult to make progress against a good half-back and back. As already mentioned, Ramage was the outstanding personality, and Macleod on his right was another player who came out of the game with credit. Garrow was often at fault. He lost in the tackle more often than a half-back should, while in parting with the ball, he paid little heed to direction, and too often put the ball into the centre when the obvious thing was a pass to his wing man. Munro and Urquhart got on well together. Urquhart carried confidence in everything he did, never getting flustered and always there to cover up his partner when necessary. His forcing on of the game was very good and he placed his return with precision. Scott brought off one or two good saves but was never sorely troubled. He had no chance with the balls that got past him.