Date	Saturday, 10 December 1938
Competition	Highland League
Fixture/Score	Ross County 1:4 Buckie Thistle
Venue	Victoria Park
Referee	Mr W. Sutherland
Ross County
Manager	George Barrie
Starting 11	1: Roy Applegate, 2: Roddie Munro, 3: A Jack, 4: Roddie Garrow, 5: Adam Forsyth, 6: J Wood, 7: J Black, 8: J.A MacKay, 9: Neil Gillies, 10: A. MacDonald 1, 11: W Murray
Bench
Attendance
Match Report	Report From the Ross-shire Journal. Ross County 1 Buckie Thistle 4 At the Victoria Park, Dingwall, this game was a benefit match for J. A. MacKay, one of the most versatile and loyal players that the County has ever had. The County gave a most inglorious display, and were thoroughly well beaten by 4 goals to 1. Why? They lacked a leader. Barrie may not have been a spectacular player, but there is no doubt that he knit the players together and gave them the confidence, which at present is conspicuously absent. N. Gillies, who substituted for Gow—rested for the day—at centre, was out of his element. Gillies is an inside forward, who must have room to move. Both L. and Mackay did their best to change the complexion of the game, but they could do little to divert disaster. The County was weak on the half-line. Forsyth did his duty manfully. Indeed he and Applegate, in goal, although suffering from an injury, were the only two players in Ross County team who held their own. Buckie were a great team. There was no weak link and their brilliance made the County look very second-rate. Admitted that the ball did not run too kindly for the County, even then there was little or no conception of combined play. The visitors' outside-left, Duncan, was the hero of the day as far as goals were concerned. He got the first three and each one was the result of excellent play and masterpieces of finishing. Ross got the fourth goal just on time. Ross County's goal came in the first minutes. Buckie had not settled. Gillies did the spade work and gave Macdonald a perfect chance, which he took full advantage of. It was the County's only effort; they were never in the lime-light again.