Date	Saturday, 08 October 1932
Competition	Highland League
Fixture/Score	Ross County 5:1 King's Own Scottish Borderers
Venue	Victoria Park
Referee
Ross County
Manager	The Management Committee
Starting 11	1: Peter Brett, 2: Thomas Anderson, 3: Hector Stewart, 4: Dick Traill 1, 5: Ackie Urquhart, 6: Roddie Garrow, 7: J Black 1, 8: Dave Cowie 1, 9: Ian Aird, 10: Robert MacLeod 1, 11: Alexander (Ackie) MacPherson 1
Bench
Attendance
Match Report	Report from the Ross-shire Journal. Ross County 5, King's Own Scottish Borderers 1 The K.O.S.B. is one of the smartest teams that has yet appeared at Victoria Park, Dingwall. Swift of movement, with fine positional understanding, and quick on the ball—in the open—they fail in some mysterious way at the goalmouth. That fact accounts for their 5-1 defeat at Dingwall on Saturday. Ross County's goals came from that rich opportunism which has recently developed, cemented by the fine understanding that has come to a team given a chance to play together rather than being chopped and changed of late. Perhaps Brett in goal, with two fast-developing, good-punting, and well-placing backs, accounts largely for Ross County’s general winning vein. It is a game of thrust, not of concentrated defence and attack, and that is the best defence. Harping back to the K.O.S.B., one of the memories of the play is the speed of almost every player; in bouts for the ball, where speed mattered, they invariably over-ran the County. They also showed fine stamina and endurance. As soldiers, the K.O.S.B. are well-trained. Lighter than the pre-war type of ranker, they are just as hard-knit. Above all, they were sportsmen, every one of them, without a single caddish trick in the make-up of the whole team. On Saturday, if they did not merit a win on their play, they certainly did not deserve to be four goals down. Neither their backs, nor least of all their goalkeeper, can be challenged for the result. The latter missed nothing that could be reached, and his anticipation was irreproachable. The opening exchanges were lively, with the soldiers being the more aggressive. Naylor was conspicuous at centre-half. Urquhart let Black away, and Lewin had to clear from the winger and Aird. Skinner, on the soldiers’ right wing, showed great speed and ball control, and a finely placed corner kick from him was luckily cleared. Another corner, this time for the County, gave them the lead. Trail placed the shot for Macpherson to smartly net with an overhead kick. Exactly one minute after, the soldiers were on level terms; Skinner’s work made the opening for Mackay to net. The visitors’ football gave the lie to their lowly position on the League table. Fast and clever on occasion, but for a wonderful clearance on the goal-line by Garrow, they would have taken the lead. Lewin was kept lively, clearing splendid shots from Cowie and Aird. The County went ahead, Cowie cleverly opening up the soldiers’ defence for Black to score with a shot which squirmed out of Lewin's hands into the net. The soldiers resumed as if they intended to make a fight of it, but they suffered a stroke of bad luck when Flint, the right back, was injured and played throughout the remainder of the game under great difficulty. A foul kick outside the penalty box brought out the best in Lewin, who was injured in clearing Trail’s shot. The Ross-shire lads now had the game in hand. They tumbled to the K.O.S.B.'s swinging game and counter-acted it with studied play. Trail had the County's third goal—a beautiful drive; Macleod followed with another outstanding score, while Cowie added the fifth goal with a picture drive. The County defence was not too convincing. Anderson was off his kicking, while Stewart was prone to leave the right wing too open. Garrow came out of the game with credit; he had a hot handful in Skinner. Trail and Urquhart played soundly, especially the latter, whose speed has improved and whose sorties into the attack always livened up matters. Black and Cowie make a great wing. The winger has found his form, and Cowie gave him every opportunity to shine. Aird was out of luck; Naylor hung on to him and had him always covered. With five goals scored by the County, it is seldom indeed to miss Aird's name from the scorers. Macpherson and Macleod are a forcing and thrustful pair on the left wing. Macleod gave fine service to the wing and centre, while Macpherson has tumbled to the wing position and made it his own. Lewin, the K.O.S.B. goalkeeper, easily proved why he holds first place in the ranks of Highland League goalkeepers; he has played for the Army, and while playing with Clachnacuddin, was sufficient to draw the crowd himself. Flint and Fisher are a pair of good, sound backs, if somewhat rough and ready in their covering-up movements and too easily led out. Flint's effort in carrying on with a painfully injured arm was a plucky one. As already mentioned, Naylor was outstanding at centre-half. Skinner was easily the pick of the forwards. Lees, at centre, attracted attention, but his inside men lay too close on top of him and were not too kind with the balls they sent his way.