Date	Saturday, 05 March 1932
Competition	Highland League
Fixture/Score	Ross County 3:4 King's Own Scottish Borderers
Venue	Victoria Park
Referee
Ross County
Manager	John (Jock) Ramage
Starting 11	1: ? Scott, 2: Roddie Munro, 3: Ackie Urquhart, 4: Dick Traill, 5: John Ramage, 6: Robert MacLeod, 7: Ackie MacKay, 8: Dave Cowie, 9: Ian Aird, 10: Fred MacLeod 3, 11: William Bowie
Bench
Attendance
Match Report	Report from the Ross-shire Journal. Ross County 3 King's Own Scottish Borderers 4 The loss of the toss meant a great deal to Ross County in their game against the K.O.S.B. at Dingwall on Saturday. The soldiers took advantage of the wind and storm and had the majority of the play in the first half. When the ends were changed, County came into the picture, but, as it happened, Aird was retired hurt, and the rest of the forwards lacked the centre’s gift for taking chances, with the result that of the numerous scoring opportunities presented to the County front line, only two were taken advantage of—one more and there would have been a draw, as the soldiers had a lead of four goals to one at half-time. The game opened sensationally. Urquhart was not on the field when the soldiers got their first point, about two seconds after the kick-off. Centring the ball, County swept down on Lewin, and between Aird and Fred Macleod, the Borderers’ goal fell. This exciting start made the crowd sit up and take notice, and it was soon apparent that high scoring was the order of the day. The soldiers’ forwards early showed themselves to be intelligent attackers, and with MacMurdo as the mainspring, they swept down upon Scott. Judicious and accurate placing of the ball kept the County defence spread wide. Ramage was kept constantly on the run, while neither R. Macleod nor Trail could get a grip on their opposing wings. The soldiers went ahead, Lee’s shot being too hot for Scott to hold. County attacked, but the soldiers were more at home on the heavy ground and made better use of the ball. Also, Sergeant Lewin, the visitors’ custodian, whose reputation as a goalkeeper has travelled far beyond the Highland League, played in a brilliant manner and refused to yield a point. The County backs were none too steady against the soldiers’ quick thrusts, and it came as no surprise when MacMurdo put them further ahead with a great ball, which rebounded into the net off the post. K.O.S.B. kept attacking, and before half-time, MacMurdo scored again, a miskick by Stewart letting him in. Aird retired just before half-time, and although he resumed, he had again to retire without kicking the ball. Ross County displayed better teamwork in the second half and had the bulk of the pressing, but Aird’s absence was most marked. Lewin’s play bordered on the miraculous. Time and again, it was his fine display which alone kept the County out. Fred Macleod was full of dash in Aird’s place at centre, but it took him too long to get the ball under control to be successful, while the shooting left a lot to be desired. Indeed, Urquhart and Ramage were the only two who knew where the goal lay. Ramage in particular had some great drives at Lewin, but the goalkeeper was too good to be beaten by long balls from the half-line. Play ranged back and forth with Lewin constantly in action. A well-placed corner kick by Trail led to County reducing the leeway. Urquhart caught the ball and deftly slipped it goalward, Fred Macleod meeting it and heading past Lewin. County made a strong bid to equalise. Trail and Stewart worked well at back and all the half-backs came up, with Urquhart foraging all over the place, and to some purpose. Ramage and he struck up a good understanding and often carried the ball well up field, but here again Lewin defied all efforts to beat him, holding out against a steady bombardment until the final whistle, when Fred Macleod got through again to make the score four-three in favour of the K.O.S.B.'s County stuck the pace better than their opponents, who tired visibly in the second half. Scott was sound enough in goal; the greasy ball, however, gave him trouble and on other occasions he suffered from lack of support. Stewart, for a left-footed player playing at right back, was to be admired. He never gives in and, although beaten, hangs on to his man to the last. He will yet blossom out into a tip-top back. Urquhart was splendid throughout. His tendency to hang on to the ball did not meet with the approval of some of the spectators, but it would be noticed that he rarely lost it, and it was from his working up field along with Ramage that all the danger to the soldiers’ goal came; he always placed his parting shot just where it was wanted. R. Macleod put in a hard day’s work. Never spectacular, he nevertheless gets there and is a dour man to get past. Trail, both as a back and on the half-line, played his usual hard, forcing game; there could be worse moves than installing Trail in the last line of defence. Ramage was a full ninety minutes’ man, and a strenuous ninety minutes he put in. His splendid wing passes should have been made better use of. These swinging balls opened up the game and invariably gave the wingers a clear field, but they as often as not muffed their opportunities. Neither of the outside berths was satisfactorily filled. Garrow as an outside left was never happy. When Aird was hurt, it was a mistake not to pull Garrow in. Mackay seems to have lost his knack of shooting, and both he and Cowie found a hot handful in McGhinty. Aird, up until he was hurt, displayed signs of being on his game, and his absence, coupled with Lewin’s brilliant work between the posts, undoubtedly lost the County the game.