Date	Saturday, 17 March 1934
Competition	Highland League
Fixture/Score	Buckie Thistle 4:4 Ross County
Venue	Victoria Park, Buckie
Referee
Ross County
Manager	The Management Committee
Starting 11	1: C Sherlaw, 2: Alexander (Ackie) MacPherson, 3: Thomas Anderson, 4: Roddie Garrow, 5: Albert MacRae, 6: D Stewart, 7: John Tarrell, 8: J.A MacKay, 9: John Alex MacKenzie 3, 10: James (Mollie) Ross 1, 11: William Bowie
Bench
Attendance
Match Report	Newspaper Title: North Star. Buckie Thistle 4 Ross County 4 This fixture was played under ideal conditions at Victoria Park, Buckie. From the outset, the home team was determined to secure full points and, based on their play, ought to have won, but scoring opportunities were lost. Within twelve minutes, the Thistle opened the scoring through Gowie. Both goalkeepers were then severely tested in turn, with the Thistle being the more aggressive side. The equaliser, however, came rather unexpectedly when Mackenzie (County) went right through to beat Wood. The young centre repeated this performance shortly afterwards by smartly netting a cross from Tarrell. Buckie replied with a steady attack, but the visitors’ defence cleared their lines splendidly, with Sherlaw in goal being particularly brilliant when he saved a point-blank shot from Neish. Just before the interval, Mackay brought the County’s score to three, and they crossed over leading 3-1. It looked as if the Thistle were to sustain their first home defeat of the season when the schoolboy, Mackenzie, crowned his fine afternoon’s work by completing his hat-trick. But this only aroused the home team to stick gamely to their heavy task. Despite a bold front set up by the County’s rear divisions, especially Sherlaw, who saved a penalty from the foot of Neish grandly, the Thistle reduced the disparity through Milne and Clark. With only three minutes to go, the home team became desperate to save their record and were indeed fortunate to obtain the equaliser when Bowie, the back, received the ball well out and netted by lobbing the leather over the heads of a crowded goalmouth with Sherlaw unsighted. The outstanding features of this pleasantly and cleanly fought-out match, from a Ross point of view, were the outstanding displays of Sherlaw and J. A. Mackenzie. On his return after injury, the Ross custodian gave a convincing show that he has regained his confidence and form. It was certainly one of the best performances he has given since he joined the County colours. Although the centre-forward berth is not new to the schoolboy, his past operations in it have not inspired the hope that he would develop into a telling force, but on last Saturday’s outing such conclusions have proved to be wrong, for his punch as leader of the attack and his snappiness showed that retention in that position might prove a good thing for the county.