| Date | Saturday, 19 December 1931 |
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| Competition | Highland League |
| Fixture/Score | Ross County 4:3 Inverness Clachnacuddin |
| Venue | Victoria Park |
| Referee | |
| Ross County | |
| Manager | John (Jock) Ramage |
| Starting 11 | 1: ? Scott, 2: Roddie Munro, 3: Dick Traill, 4: Roddie Garrow, 5: John Ramage, 6: Robert MacLeod, 7: Fred MacLeod 1, 8: Ackie MacKay, 9: J Stewart, 10: Dave Cowie 1, 11: Charlie Cameron 2 |
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| Match Report | Report from the Ross-shire Journal. Ross County 4 Clachnacuddin 3 Ross County, as expected, took two points from Clachnacuddin at Dingwall on Saturday. A score of four-three in their favour would in all probability have been doubled had Aird been there. As it was, Clach turned over with a one-goal lead, and although the County forwards were buzzing round the Clach goal, they could not get the ball past Mackenzie, due mainly to unsteadiness and the lack of a cool head at centre. Ramage and Cowie were the better shots, but even their efforts came to naught. The second half, for a considerable time, was a repetition of the first half, the County doing everything nicely but goal-scoring. Cowie drew the game with half-an-hour of the time gone, and goals followed quickly. Cameron, who had been drafted into centre-forward, livened up the line and notched two clever points, while Fred Macleod got another. With a score of four-one, it looked as if the County were to have a comfortable win, but Clach put on an extra spurt, and a defensive slip allowed Davidson through to score. Minutes afterwards, Davidson notched a third goal. Redoubling their efforts, Clach went all out for the equalising goal, but the time was too short, and the final whistle went with County on the defensive. From a County point of view, the outstanding features of the game were the amount of goal-scoring chances that were allowed to go abegging; Cameron's play as a centre-forward, and Trail’s adaptability to the left-back berth. Trail kicked and tackled well, while his intercepting of cross balls to the wing with his head was very good. Ramage put in a hard and profitable ninety minutes. With each game, he seems to grow faster and stronger. In the first half, when goals would not come, his shooting was the best on view, and with a little luck, there was more than one shot from him which must have counted. Clach always played strongly, but their defence was not too sound, while the forwards got little backing. They have a team, however, that will give a few northern elevens a fright when the cup-ties come round. |