Date	Saturday, 07 March 1936
Competition	North of Scotland Cup
Fixture/Score	Inverness Thistle 3:1 Ross County
Venue	Kingsmills
Referee
Ross County
Manager	The Management Committee
Starting 11	1: A Ross, 2: Ackie MacKay, 3: Ackie Urquhart, 8: J.A MacKay, 5: Albert MacRae, 6: Roddie Garrow, 7: John Tarrell 1, 8: ??? Neish, 9: J MacMillan, 10: J.A Ross, 11: William Bowie
Bench
Attendance
Match Report	Report from the Ross-shire Journal. Inverness Thistle 3 Ross County 1 These teams met at Inverness on Saturday in the semi-final of the North of Scotland Cup competition. The game was one of the best seen in the Highland Capital this season. With the wind behind them, Ross County had the better of the first half and gave the Thistle defence a lively time. They got no more than they deserved when Tarrell crashed home an overhead pass by Macmillan. It was a beautifully timed shot and Sherlaw never saw it. Thistle were allowed to settle to their usual game and they were fortunate to keep the Ross County lead down to such slender proportions. The visitors ought to have scored on one or more occasions in this half. A little steadiness in the goalmouth would have brought about the desired result. On changing ends, the tables were turned. Within two minutes, Thistle had drawn level, the result of a penalty. Kay, outside-right, was brought down inside the box and Clunas, with a characteristic drive, beat Ross. This gave the home side the necessary confidence and they applied considerable pressure, harassing the County backs and keeping Ross very lively in goal. After 27 minutes, Kay succeeded in giving his team the lead with what appeared to be a simple effort. The County did not give up hope until Thistle got a third goal ten minutes from time. It was a long shot by Urquhart, which Ross miscalculated. Result: Thistle, 3 goals; Ross County, 1. In the end, Thistle were the better team. Ross County threw away any chance of victory in the first half. The County, however, were not easily defeated. They put up a good fight and with a little luck might easily have won. The penalty was the turning point. After that, Thistle never looked back. For the County, Urquhart and Macrae were strong in defence, and Macmillan and Bowie were the better forwards. Tarrell deserves credit for his goal, but otherwise neither he nor Neish, a last-moment import from Buckie Thistle, were of much account. Thistle were strongest in the half-line, where Ballantyne was a grand centre-half. Clunas was clever in front, although King did not take advantage of the passes presented to him. Gowl was not at his best.