Date	Saturday, 02 September 1933
Competition	Highland League
Fixture/Score	Inverness Thistle 3:2 Ross County
Venue	Kingsmills
Referee
Ross County
Manager	The Management Committee
Starting 11	1: Peter Brett, 2: Tom Anderson, 3: Alexander (Ackie) MacPherson, 4: Roddie Garrow, 5: Albert MacRae, 6: Ackie Urquhart, 7: J. MacKay 2, 8: William Skinner, 9: Ian Aird, 10: James (Mollie) Ross, 11: William Bowie
Bench
Attendance
Match Report	Report from the Ross-shire Journal. Inverness Thistle 3 Ross County 2 Never will Ross County give away two League points which they so richly deserved to win, as those conceded to Thistle at Inverness on Saturday. The County included Aird and Bowie in the forward line, and this was a decided improvement. Bowie, at outside left, was a host in himself. In the opening minutes, it was his fine work which let the County find their feet right away, and balls from the left kept coming invitingly over to the centre. Gowl, the goal-scoring Thistle centre forward, when on his way to goal, was pulled up inside the penalty box. He took the kick himself, but Brett got down to it and cleared. County resumed at the same hot pace, playing delightful football and all the time making the task of the Thistle defence an unenviable one. Shots from Aird, Ross, Bowie, and Mackay kept raining in on Hendry’s charge, but the goalkeeper, displaying excellent form, mixed with a good deal of luck, held out, until Mackay, cleverly tricking the whole defence, bored through on him, and veering a little to the centre, shot a great goal. This point was richly deserved, and it looked as if more were to come from the same source. A few minutes afterwards, the first misfortune befell County. In trying to kick clear with the backs out of position, Garrow was unlucky to put through his own goal. A great County half-back line soon had their forwards on the attack again. Urquhart fitted well into the wing-half position, and with long swinging passes, gave Bowie plenty of work, which the winger performed well. Great shots from Aird and Macrae were miraculously cleared by Hendry, and half-time came with the score at one all. The second half opened at the same neck-break pace. County were again the attackers. Their inside forwards, Ross and Skinner, kept the wings well supplied and both Mackay and Bowie responded well. Indeed, the play of both the County extreme wing men was a revelation to the Inverness crowd, who were not slow to appreciate the all-round excellent play of the visitors. Taking up a loose ball, Bowie worked his way forward; his cross was inviting, and Mackay did not take long to slam it home. Thistle bestirred themselves, and with Ballantyne, centre-half, forcing the pace, Brett was in action. It was here that the real worth of the County defence was seen. The half-backs were superb, and although overworked, stuck the pace admirably. With twenty minutes to go, a misunderstanding between Brett and his backs allowed Gowl to send in the equaliser into an empty goal. Ross (Alness), always a real live wire in the County attack, was badly hurt in the face, and it was during his absence that Thistle equalised. Then came the worst bit of ill-luck the County suffered. In a run through by Cowie, the old County player, the County defence was spread-eagled. Cowie carried on, and with a splendid shot, easily beat Brett. It was indeed a severe disappointment to a team which looked like winners throughout—and deserved to win. To criticise the Ross County eleven would be invidious. All did their share with equal vigour and cleverness. Outstanding were the half-backs, with the forwards equally as deserving of praise. It is hard to conceive how such a team on Saturday’s display suffered defeat!