Date	Saturday, 22 October 1938
Competition	Highland League
Fixture/Score	Ross County 3:0 Peterhead
Venue	Victoria Park
Referee
Ross County
Manager	George Barrie
Starting 11	1: Roy Applegate, 2: Roddie Munro, 3: Adam Forsyth, 4: A. MacDonald, 5: George Barrie, 6: J Wood, 7: J Gillies 2, 8: J.A MacKay, 9: Ernest Gowl 1, 10: Neil Gillies, 11: Tommy Urquhart
Bench
Attendance
Match Report	Report from the Ross-shire Journal. Ross County 3 Peterhead 0 This proved one of the best games seen at Dingwall for many a day. From beginning to end of the ninety minutes the play was of the fastest, and the large attendance enjoyed every minute of it. Ross County won by three clear goals, but that more than emphasised any disparity there was between the teams. The homesters were worthy of their win, but there was not three goals between the teams on play. From the very start the County were on their toes. They seemed to realise that their reputation was at stake and they went all out to maintain it. Their defence was solid. Applegate defied every effort of the Peterhead forwards and the backs defended him well, Munro playing as fine a game as could be wished for, while Forsyth was not far behind. Barrie, always unostentatious, was very effective. He completely bottled up Meres, who heads the League list of goal scorers—the centre has 16 goals to his credit for eight games, a very high average. Meres was given few chances by Barrie, and when one did come his way he was so surprised that he could not realise it and failed to take advantage of the opportunity. Macdonald and Wood, on the wings, were also in great form. Both young players, they have made great progress in both defensive and offensive play and as a rule their placing to the forwards is masterly. Along with Barrie, they complete one of the finest half-lines in the League to-day. The attack maintained a steady pressure, with occasional brilliant onslaughts. Neil Gillies was the inspiration at inside-left. He has a football brain, endless staying power and is full of tricks. To frustrate his efforts Peterhead, on several occasions, had to resort to the off-side game. Mackay had one or two brilliant runs. He gave J. Gillies good support and together they made up the best wing on the field. Gow and Urquhart were more subdued than usual, although they did many useful things. What pleased the critics most was the combined work showed by both halves and forwards. The team work as a whole was a revelation of what is possible. Townsley was Peterhead's hero, and the most outstanding individual of the twenty-two. While the County was storming his citadel he defended heroically. When the situation became desperate in the second half and his team was two goals down, he strove hard to retrieve the position. He came up amongst the forwards and tried to rally them. When that failed he started shooting for goal himself and he had several good tries. Hendry, G. Strachan and Gowans defended well until they were overwhelmed. This also applies to the wing halves. Hall was the bright light in the front line and he gave Macdonald and Munro a lively time. Meres, as already stated, was held by Barrie. But the fault of all the forwards was their shooting. Admitted that Applegate was invulnerable, still the forwards had opportunities when he should have been given no chance to save. Ross County scored the only goal of the first half. It came from Neil Gillies, who, after accepting a pass from Gow, beat Hendry with a well-calculated and well-placed shot. Previous to this score Hall had struck the Dingwall upright, with Applegate beaten. Meres also, with his head, was only prevented from scoring by the post. The same fast pace was maintained in the second half, and when J. Gillies put the County two up, Peterhead turned desperate. They staged a great attack, but score they could not. Much credit for that was due to the County defence, who refused to be beaten. At times the Peterhead forwards were very clever, but it got them nowhere. Near the close John Gillies put paid to Peterhead's account when he registered a third goal. The game ended with Peterhead attacking strongly, but with little sign of success.