Date	Saturday, 10 October 1931
Competition	Scottish Qualifying Cup
Fixture/Score	Inverness Citadel 3:1 Ross County
Venue	Shore Street Park, Inverness
Referee
Ross County
Manager	John (Jock) Ramage
Starting 11	1: ? Scott, 2: Roddie Munro, 3: Ackie Urquhart, 4: Dick Traill, 5: John Ramage, 6: Roddie Garrow, 7: Ackie MacKay, 8: Dave Cowie, 9: Ian Aird 1, 10: ??? McIver, 11: Charlie Cameron
Bench
Attendance
Match Report	Report from the Ross-shire Journal. Inverness Citadel 3, Ross County 1 Ross County were eliminated from the Qualifying Cup at Inverness on Saturday when Citadel beat them by three goals to one. From the Ross County point of view, the game was an utter failure. At no time did they strike their true form; or was it a case of Citadel not allowing them to? Citadel played what is termed the "cup-tie game," and it succeeded. An early goal gave them the incentive needed, and they plugged away, never taking any risk and always just getting there before their opponents. The Citadel half-backs were bent on intercepting the ball; County halves went in for the tackle and were invariably beaten. Ramage did the work of three men. He forced, encouraged, kicked, and headed with unbounded energy and skill, but to no purpose. His inside men were of no use to him, Maciver being especially weak, while both the wings could make nothing of a splendid Citadel defence, and Mackay seemed to have lost all his punch and daring, and could not "mix it" as he is accustomed to do. Aird was left with a lone furrow to plough, and he had the sympathy of the spectators. Always a trier, Aird got no chance to move. When the ball did come his way, he was crowded out, or had the whole defence before him and the goal. The one real chance he got was when the game was lost and won. A centre coming from the right was met by Aird’s head, and Smith got no chance to hold it. Scott had a thankless job. He was outstandingly brilliant, and his play should have spurred on the rest of the team. The goals he lost were of the unsaveable order. The first he had no chance with, a mistake by the defence leaving him wide open; the second he got down to in brilliant style, but although stopping it, could not clear when on the ground; the third goal was like the second, and had his backs had more understanding with him, it might have been cleared. As it was, another daring dive of his was wasted, as with the goalkeeper on the ground, Patterson had only to tip the ball in.