Date	Saturday, 08 October 1938
Competition	Highland League
Fixture/Score	Ross County 3:3 Nairn County
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 1, 10: Neil Gillies 1, 11: Tommy Urquhart
Bench
Attendance
Match Report	Report from the Ross-shire Journal. Ross County 3 Nairn County 3 In their Highland League fixture with Nairn at Dingwall on Saturday last, Ross County, in the first half at any rate, appeared over-confident, a mistake that nearly gave victory to the visitors. The game opened with dash, but when Neil Gillies, always the most dangerous man afield, scored for Ross with a shot that looked a certainty the moment it left his foot, it was a point overdue. Even play with little result followed, until a none-too-steady defence slipped up to let Wallace in to equalise off a miskick by Munro. On the change-over Nairn showed more fight. Macdonald took advantage of a bad clearance by Applegate to give them the lead. The game looked like taking on a different complexion now, and the Ross men were visibly rattled. Encouraged by their success, Nairn, through Munro kicking the ball against Campbell, increased their lead to 3-1. This was all the homesters required to put on pressure, and a reshuffle among the forwards soon brought results, Mackay, now in centre, headed home a cross from Gowl. Another goal by Gowl from a Mackay cross reinforced the Ross revival forward, which quickly knocked the sting out of Nairn's rally. With the scores level the game grew in pace. Both sides made mistakes, some of them glaring. The last ten minutes of the game were easily the best. Ross County fought hard to get on top, and Nairn's defence brought out repeated applause. With five minutes to go, the home team had a great chance of winning the game, but weak shooting by Mackay negatived the effort. Just on time Webster scrambled the ball off Gowl's head when the centre's chance of scoring was odds on. But for slips when victory was within Ross County's grasp, a draw is perhaps a fair reflex of the game. The steadiest point in the Nairn eleven was the defence, Fraser being particularly good. Birrell was another Nairn player who had a great game, despite an early injury. Forward, Campbell and Noble drew most attention. In the home crowd, Neil Gillies stood out head and shoulders above the rest. His play really scintillated all through. Forsyth was steady, but he did not exhibit anything showy. Munro was at fault through miskicking too frequently, while of the halves, Wood was best.