Date	Saturday, 24 September 1938
Competition	Highland League
Fixture/Score	Ross County 6:2 Deveronvale
Venue	Victoria Park
Referee
Ross County
Manager	George Barrie
Starting 11	1: Roy Applegate, 2: Adam Forsyth, 3: Roddie Munro, 4: A. MacDonald, 5: George Barrie, 6: J Wood, 7: J Gillies, 8: J.A MacKay 1, 9: Ernest Gowl 3, 10: Neil Gillies 1, 11: Tommy Urquhart 1
Bench
Attendance
Match Report	Report from the Ross-shire Journal. Ross County 6 Deveronvale 2 Ross County, against Deveronvale, at Dingwall, had a comfortable victory of six goals to two. The score may indicate a run-away victory, but this was not the case. The Vale put up a good fight, but experience told, and once the County had settled down, the result was never in doubt. Vale certainly had the chance of bringing off a surprise result in the first half. They scored first—a gift from Applegate and Forsyth, who were mixed up in a back-passing move—and shortly after Cormick had the County goal at his mercy, but unaccountably blazed over. Had this point been secured, the game would probably have had a different complexion. As it was, County never looked back after this let-off, although at no time was their football up to the usual standard. Too often were they out of place, and as often passes, well meant, were far off the mark. The County left wing was a bright spot in the game. Urquhart improves with every match and is easily the best left wing County have had since the days of Charlie Cameron. Wood, behind Urquhart, was another player who had a good game and showed promise, while Neil Gillies, with his quick thrusts and terrific shooting, was the real danger in the front line. Vale held out for quite a time, mainly due to the clever, steady defence of Patterson at centre half. Patterson kept a tight hold on Gowl, and was only beaten when overwork had beaten down his resistance. With an experienced player to guide them, Deveronvale could have been pulled together. Clever footballers, they lacked a leader, and quite a lot of smart play was discounted by inability to take chances presented to them. Thain, their goalkeeper, although beaten six times, had a good day. The goals scored against him were all of the unsaveable order. The defence was not too strong. They could not take up position and were easily flurried into mistakes. As already mentioned, Patterson was the best half back, while of the forwards, Kindness showed himself a clever footballer, but the forwards were poorly led. After Livingstone's opening goal, it took some time for County to equalise. When the goal came, Gowl was the scorer. A fine cross by Urquhart gave Gowl a second point, and Neil Gillies made it 3-1 before half time. County opened the second half briskly. Gowl was quickly on the mark, and Urquhart secured a fifth. A penalty for Vale gave them a second point, while Mackay scored County’s sixth point.