Date	Saturday, 05 February 1938
Competition	Highland League
Fixture/Score	Ross County 1:2 Fraserburgh
Venue	Victoria Park
Referee	Mr. A. Asher
Ross County
Manager	George Henderson
Starting 11	1: R MacNeil, 2: Roddie Munro, 3: A Burnett, 4: Roddie Garrow, 5: George Henderson, 6: J MacIntosh, 7: J.A MacKay, 8: D.L MacIntosh, 9: Ernest Gowl 1, 10: J.A Ross, 11: Frank Wilson
Bench
Attendance
Match Report	Report from the Ross-shire Journal. Ross County 1 Fraserburgh 2 Fraserburgh gained another couple of league points at Dingwall in rather easy fashion. They certainly did not deserve to win. Even a draw would have flattered them. Granted they were much the better team in the first half and their play fully warranted their two-goal lead. But for Macneil that score might have been doubled. Perhaps Ross County, with next week's Scottish cup-tie in view, were reserving some of their energy. Be that as it may, in the second half they veritably came out of their shell and almost played their opponents to a standstill. Their first and as it proved in the end their only goal came from Gowl, who lobbed home a perfect cross from J. A. Mackay. But take the misses. J. A. Mackay put past from five yards, with no one to beat but the goalkeeper. Henderson scraped the top side of the cross-bar with a perfect header from a Wilson corner; D. L. Mackintosh, playing at inside right, sent a very hard shot just past the wrong side of the upright, while Wilson had two drives saved by Duthie, which might easily have been counters. In the closing minutes Ross County put up a great fight for the equaliser. Perhaps their anxiety was their undoing. Corner after corner followed in rapid succession. Fraserburgh's defence, sore put to it, kicked the ball out in any and every direction. It must have been with a sigh of relief that they heard the final whistle blow. The visitors got both their goals through Burnett. The first came right at the start and was registered from a cross by Forbes. Macneil might have saved this. It was the only mistake he made in an otherwise perfect exhibition of goalkeeping. Thirty minutes had elapsed before the second was added, Burnett giving Macneil no chance from close in. Fraserburgh swung the ball about the field with big punts. The forwards moved freely and Munro and Burnett had much to do to keep them out in the first half. It was by following Fraserburgh's example that Ross County was able to do so well after the ends had been changed. There was little combination shown by either side; what there was came from the league leaders. Of a very virile front rank Crawford, Watt and Burnett were the pick. Noble was the best of a capable half-line. He trapped the ball neatly and distributed the play effectively. Bell and Cruickshanks were sound in defence although they did get a bit rattled at the end. Duthie was as good as Macneil. Munro, with his head bandaged after his hectic experience at Chirnside, was not so lively as usual. He got good support from Burnett. Both did a good afternoon's work. J. Mackintosh was easily the best of the half-backs. He did two men's work, often crossing to the right to give his colleagues a hand. It was one of his best games for the County. Henderson was very subdued. Up to a point Garrow did excellent. He broke up the Fraserburgh left attack with what, to his opponents, must have been irritating persistency. Where he failed was in not parting with the ball to the best advantage. The star in the forwards was Frank Wilson, the ex-Hamilton Academical, who was brought North to assist in next week's cup-tie. He is fast, tricky, crosses a ball well and is ever ready to close in and shoot. And he has a strong shot. D. Mackintosh was out of position, yet he was very valuable. Perhaps in the circumstances it was a mistake to have taken him from the right-half berth. Gowl did all he could, but the ball was not kind to him. Instead of it coming to him, he had to go and look for it. J. A. Mackay missed his partner, J. G. Mackay; James Ross was not as profitable to his side as he can be.