Date	Saturday, 01 February 1936
Competition	Scottish Cup
Fixture/Score	Ross County 0:5 Saint Bernards
Venue	Victoria Park
Referee	Mr T. Small
Ross County
Manager	The Management Committee
Starting 11	1: A Ross, 2: ??? Stevenson, 3: J MacMillan, 4: ?? Miller, 5: Albert MacRae, 6: Ackie Urquhart, 7: J.A MacKay, 8: J.A Ross, 9: Ian Aird, 10: ??? MacKinven, 11: William Bowie
Bench
Attendance	2,000
Match Report	Report from the Ross-shire Journal. Ross County 0 Saint Bernards 5 Dingwall had a temporary change-over this afternoon from the stir of politics to the excitement of cup-tie football. The visit of St Bernards, Edinburgh, to meet Ross County in the postponed first round of the Scottish Cup created widespread interest in Ross and Cromarty, and spectators came in from many parts of the county. Fortunately, the weather conditions were better than could have been expected a few days ago when the countryside lay under a heavy mantle of snow. Keen frost has also been experienced, but there was a thaw overnight, and the pitch was in fairly good condition, though bumpy in parts. Three of the home team, Stevenson, Millar, and Mackinven, who were signed on recently, have experience outside the Highland League. The attendance at the start was about two thousand. A two-minutes’ silence for the King's death was observed before the kick-off. It was early apparent that the ground was going to give the players difficulty. Marley found his feet quickly and crossed neatly, but Urquhart got in a rousing clearance, and the County men swooped down on Cunningham, and in an exciting scrimmage, County should have opened the scoring. The bustling tactics of the County men were giving the Saints trouble, and the more methodical methods of the Second Leaguers frequently miscarried on the tricky ground. After ten minutes, however, Noble, by far the cleverest of the visitors, put in a neat bit of work, which gave Murray an opening in front of goal, which he promptly seized. The centre forward left Ross no chance to save. A rush by the home forwards found Cunningham beaten by the slippery ground, and with the goalkeeper on his back, matters looked bright for County, but Bowie was not up in time to accept the gift. For the next few minutes, Saints had to defend desperately. In one exciting passage, Langton cropped up on the goal line to save with the goalkeeper beaten. In another minute, Aird was clean through but he slipped in trying to gather the ball, and another golden opportunity was lost, much to the chagrin of the crowd. Again, County were out of luck when Macrae drove in a lovely free kick which hit the crossbar and rebounded to Mackinven, who missed badly from close in. St Bernards’ second goal came in like manner to the first. After withstanding a spell of severe pressure, the Saint forwards broke clear. Noble slipped his man neatly and placed a swerving shot into the corner of the net. The Highlanders had the Saints defending hard again, before the interval and forced a number of corners. The crowd were confident of a goal when Marley slipped in clearing from a corner kick and the ball fizzed off his foot over the crossbar by inches. Ross County resumed with more bustling work, but Saints’ defence was not to be rattled under pressure. Saints resumed pressure, and from a cross by Hay, Murray tapped the ball into the net. The more polished methods of the Edinburgh team were now keeping County in greater subjection and Hay added Saints' fourth goal. Mackay from County right, sent in a hard drive, but again a defender popped up to head away a sure scorer. Noble was the live wire of the Saints’ forward line, and through him the left wing gave County defence a sore time. Murray secured the fifth goal for his side. St Bernards survived a bad spell in the first half and might easily have lost a goal or two, but the County were anything but steady in front of goal. Once St Bernards had measured the home go-ahead tactics, it was all up with County, and the superiority of the Edinburgh team could not be denied, their quick, clever methods earning them a well-deserved victory. The home dash was not good enough for the occasion on the treacherous pitch. A gate of 2000 with £113 in drawings justified the enterprise of the County management in importing three players, if the score of 5-0 did not. All three men were a decided success and each in his own department showed skill and craft much in excess of the usual Highland League standard. Urquhart and Macrae were other successes. Mackay was also good but did not get enough of the ball. The ground was dead against Aird’s style of play and he found it hard to keep his feet. The refereeing of Mr T. Small, Dundee, was never in question by either players or spectators—surely a wonderful accomplishment!.