Date	Saturday, 22 October 1932
Competition	Highland League
Fixture/Score	Ross County 2:3 Huntly
Venue	Victoria Park
Referee
Ross County
Manager	The Management Committee
Starting 11	1: Peter Brett, 2: Thomas Anderson, 3: Hector Stewart, 4: Dick Traill, 5: Ackie Urquhart, 6: Roddie Garrow, 7: J Black 1, 8: Dave Cowie, 9: Ian Aird 1, 10: Robert MacLeod, 11: Alexander (Ackie) MacPherson
Bench
Attendance
Match Report	Report from the Ross-shire Journal. Ross County 2 Huntly 3 The League game on Saturday at Dingwall between Ross County and Huntly was one which the County will have no pleasure in recalling. With ninety-five per cent of the play, they were beaten with practically the last kick of the game. County did not infuse the same dash into their play as they did against the Citadel the previous week. In fact, they showed too much confidence and were inclined to take the result for granted. A rude awakening awaited them. Pressing the Huntly defence for the whole of the first twenty minutes, the inability of their forwards to score on numerous occasions was distressing. Huntly got one look-in, and up went the first goal. It came from a movement on the left wing. Ewen sent a ball into the centre; Stewart rushed out to head clear, lost his footing and the ball, with the result that Stewart, the Huntly centre, got in on Brett. The goalkeeper awaited his coming and was easily beaten. Brett's failure to come out might have been over-caution, due to his mistake the previous week in leaving his goal. It did not take Aird and company long to get round Singer again, but the inaptitude in front of goal was still there. Aird got the equaliser after a scramble in which he and Black took part. A half-time score of one all decidedly favoured Huntly. County's pressure still persisted and Singer performed wonders in the Huntly goal. Brett seldom handled the ball, but corner kicks by Ewen and Cowie gave County a fright. The inability of both County wing men to place corner kicks caused amusement. Trail, Garrow and Macleod all had a go at it, but none of them quite mastered the art. County took the long-delayed lead, Aird and Black being responsible for the move which terminated in the latter scoring. Macleod and Cowie shot well and often but could not get the ball past Singer, who at times was favoured by the post coming to his aid. Disaster befell the County. Ewen took the ball up, Brett fell on a simple shot from Stewart, and in trying to throw the ball for a corner, threw it into his own goal. With success, Huntly bucked up wonderfully. Their player-coach, Edwards, did all in his power to pull them out of the role of defenders, but the County half-line, getting a splendid lead from Urquhart, roped in the Huntly forwards, and the Ross pressure commenced again. It was kept up until with but three minutes to go. Edwards kicked out to the right wing. Cowie hung on to the ball, ran in a bit, and shot. Brett anticipated the direction of the shot all right and got down to it, but he did not take into consideration the bumpy nature of the ground. Before the ball reached him, it bounded off an obstruction and sailed over his head into the net. There was just time to centre the ball before full time. Such is the tale of Ross County’s dropping of two valuable points—points which will certainly have an ultimate bearing on the destiny of the League flag. It was indeed hard to lose both points in such a sloppy manner. However, the forwards are more to blame than the goalkeeper. They got innumerable chances of making the game safe in both halves. Cowie and Macleod gave the best account of themselves. Macpherson, especially in the first half, sent over inviting crosses, but somehow Aird could not produce his form. His heading—usually a deadly asset of his—was all wrong, while he was slow in gathering the ball and in finesse. Black also had a bad day. He never got to grips with the run of play and was too prone to part with the ball when in possession. Stewart and Anderson were in wonderfully good form, and when the nature of the pitch and weather is taken into consideration, their exhibition was first-class. Throughout, all three half-backs kept a tight hold of the Huntly forwards. Trail put in a great afternoon’s work, and when the game stood at two goals each, both he and Urquhart put every effort into the game to secure a win. They especially, along with Garrow, deserve sympathy in defeat. The forwards and goalkeeper were the pick of the Huntly eleven. Singer, in goal, was really great. He certainly had luck with him on occasion, but some of his work bore the hall mark of perfection. Their centre-forward, Stewart, was an inspiring player. He gathered the ball quickly and fed both wings with splendid, long sweeping passes, which kept Anderson and Stewart on the run. Wrenn, their old right back, made an accomplished centre half, while in Ewen they have a real match-winner.