Date	Saturday, 11 April 1936
Competition	Highland League
Fixture/Score	Huntly 1:1 Ross County
Venue	Christie Park
Referee	Mr. J. Asher
Ross County
Manager	The Management Committee
Starting 11	1: A Ross, 2: J.A MacKay 1, 3: J MacMillan, 4: Tommy Grant, 5: Albert MacRae, 6: J MacIntosh, 7: J Morrison, 8: John Alex MacKenzie, 9: ??? Campbell, 10: J.A Ross, 11: ??? Lewis
Bench
Attendance
Match Report	Report from the North Star. Huntly 1 Ross County 1 That a depleted County team, which included only five regulars, obtained a division of the points at Huntly was due to the sterling work of the defence. From goalkeeper to the halves, the County had six crafty and sound players. Throughout the game, Ross was a superb custodian, leaving every manner of shot with an ease and coolness which rightly earned the applause of the spectators. In front, he had two good defenders, Mackay and Macmillan, who both made a faulty clearance which might have been vital, but Ross rose to the occasion by bringing off two daring and spectacular saves. The intermediate line was as bright. Grant, of past County fame, was still the same brainy player, showing many cute slips and perfect understanding with the attack, while Macrae held sway in the centre, giving Russell little scope to be destructive. An Inverness junior, Mackintosh, operated as left-half, and he gave a very good account of himself, particularly during the second half, when his play was marked with fine constructive movements. Of the forwards, Ross, Morrison, Mackenzie and Campbell were the best. On the right wing, Morrison improved as the game proceeded and towards the conclusion he became complete master of the opposing back, Osborne. As a partner, Mackenzie was an able support. Often he left the defence open by his deceiving moves. While he was leader of the attack, Campbell was a source of worry to his opponents, but when he went to the right wing, he was not so successful. No player afield worked as hard as Ross, and his snap shots were invariably dangerous. The game opened quietly with visits to both ends, where nothing exciting happened. The first real try came when Milne headed against the bar and a moment later the same player smashed the ball against the keeper from three yards’ range. At the home end, Lewis missed an easy opening, sending weakly past. The homesters attacked vigorously and Ross had to come out twice to clear dangerous balls. Huntly continued to hold a territorial advantage, but the County possessed a strong defence that gave Ross great protection. Against the strong wind, the visitors made periodical raids, Rennie having to clear likely tries from Ross, Mackenzie and Morrison. The home attack endeavoured to press home their advantage but invariably their efforts fizzled out in the penalty area. Try as they could, the homesters could not locate the net. Huntly set the pace on resuming and Ingram and Russell both came near to scoring. Stephen was left with a gilt-edged chance but put past and also repeated the mistake later. For fifteen minutes Huntly were hovering around the Ross goal, and many chances were missed. Then the County took the game in hand and when they forced a corner on the right, the ball went to Grant, who scored a beautiful goal from eighteen yards. Thereafter the County became an attacking force and playing good open football, they should have added to their total, especially on one occasion when the ball bounced on the top of the crossbar with Rennie helpless. Five minutes from time, Huntly rallied and Milne equalised with a long drooping shot from thirty yards. The twirling ball completely deceived Ross, who was blinded by a glaring sun. In the last minute, Grant nearly scored again, his header striking the bar and landing on the roof of the net.