Date	Saturday, 04 January 1936
Competition	Highland League
Fixture/Score	Ross County 1:0 Forres Mechanics
Venue	Victoria Park
Referee	Mr. W. Jaffrey
Ross County
Manager	The Management Committee
Starting 11	1: A Ross, 2: Alexander (Ackie) MacPherson, 3: J MacMillan, 4: George MacDonald, 5: Albert MacRae, 6: J.A Ross, 7: D Bowie, 8: J.A MacKay, 9: G Anderson, 10: Ackie Urquhart 1, 11: William Bowie
Bench
Attendance
Match Report	Report from the Ross-shire Journal. Ross County 1 Forres Mechanics 0 A win by one goal does not seem a score which would indicate the superiority of the winning team very much, but when Ross County beat Forres Mechanics at Dingwall on Saturday, the superiority was decidedly there, even if the goals were not. The County team again underwent changes, necessary due to Tom Anderson being unable to play, and also in an effort to put punch into the forward line. Macpherson came in at right-back, which allowed Urquhart to take the inside-left position in support of W. Bowie. These two hit it off; D. Bowie partnered J. A. Mackay on the right wing, but the game had not been going long when they shifted positions, with a decided improvement in the play of both men. The ground looked excellent, but the hard "bone" in it belied its look and made anticipation and trapping of the ball very precarious. County got going right away. Urquhart’s strong shooting and Anderson’s swift and fearless chasing after the ball sorely tried the Forres defence. Many were the occasions when "goal" was on every lip, but somehow it did not come off, not so much due to reckless shooting on the part of the County forwards, but mainly to the huge slices of luck which favoured Phimster and his backs. Innumerable examples of chances missed by the proverbial "hair's breadth" could be related. When County’s goal came—the only goal of the match—it was long overdue. Urquhart was the scorer and well he deserved the honour; Mackay placed a corner splendidly and Urquhart, though harassed, rose to the ball and headed it into the net. Forres took all advantage of their good luck and their forward raids were fraught with danger. However, Macpherson was on his game and kicked soundly; Macmillan has seldom played a better positional game and was up to every move, and, when these two failed, Ross, in goal, was sureness itself. The second half was much like the first; County had the bulk of the game. As in the first half, Forres' luck held, but had the County half-line drawn the defence off Anderson at centre, and given him more room to move in before they parted with the ball, a different tale might have been told. As it was, Anderson, a real lionhearted "small one," had a great deal of foraging and finessing to do. With time drawing on and Phimster gallantly holding his goal intact, County supporters began to worry as to the result. It was always on the cards that Forres, especially in bad light and with such experienced players as the brothers Dickie and Calder in the line, would snatch the equaliser. This fact maintained interest to the end. Before the close, County, with the exception of Anderson, had slowed up and showed signs of distress—or lack of training. An outstanding feature of the game was the control Mr. Wm. Jaffrey, Aberdeen, the referee, had over the players. He brooked no interference, with the result that exchanges were clean and above board throughout. When any untoward incident crept in, Mr. Jaffrey quickly stopped it.