Date	Saturday, 26 December 1931
Competition	Highland League
Fixture/Score	Ross County 2:2 Elgin City
Venue	Victoria Park
Referee
Ross County
Manager	John (Jock) Ramage
Starting 11	1: ? Scott, 2: Roddie Munro, 3: J Stewart, 4: Roddie Garrow, 5: John Ramage, 6: Robert MacLeod, 7: Fred MacLeod, 8: Ackie MacKay, 9: Ian Aird 1, 10: Dave Cowie 1, 11: Charlie Cameron
Bench
Attendance
Match Report	Report from the Ross-shire Journal. Ross County 2 Elgin City 2 An excellently contested League match between Ross County and Elgin City, at Dingwall on Saturday, ended in a very fair result of a draw of two goals each. In the first half, County led by two goals to nil. With a strong wind in their favour, they had the bulk of the play. Aird drew first blood with a splendidly-timed header from a cross by F. Macleod, the ball going into the net like a bullet. Cowie collected the second goal, a long bouncing shot from him completely beating Parle. Crowding on all steam, County worked hard to increase their advantage, and clustered round the Elgin defence, which however prevailed, and the home team crossed with a two-goal lead. Elgin had the major part of the game in the second half. With the wind now blowing strong in City's favour, they assailed the County defence, and Ramage, Garrow, and R. Macleod were given a herculean task to hold them in check. The constant pressure was bound to tell, but when the City did score it was in the nature of a gift, Scott allowing a long ball to strike his toes and bounce over his arms into the net. A stern struggle ensued for the equaliser, and although Elgin maintained the upper hand, Aird, with an occasional sparkling run, kept the home hopes up. Elgin drew level. A dubious foul kick was placed well by Maclachlan. Bremner got it and drove hard. Ramage anticipated the shot and got in the way, but the ball went off his body into the net. Both teams now played at full stretch for the winning point. Ramage took up position as a third back, which he was forced to do owing to the high wind. He however made daring raids on the Elgin defence and it was from him that Aird got what little assistance he did. A ding-dong battle prevailed right to the end, and both teams retired, weary but happy with the points divided. Both player-coaches more than pulled their weight, with Ramage showing the better all-round football. He is quicker on the ball than Maclachlan, while his sense of position is better. Scott, other than his one costly mistake, was sound. Stewart, at left back, improves, and his strong kicking against the wind on Saturday was a great relief to an over-worked defence. However, Ramage is given too much work to do owing to defensive weakness. The backs do not inspire confidence, and consequently the centre-half has to pay too much attention to defence when he would prefer to be up with his forwards and developing his own game. Both R. Macleod and Garrow satisfied, but the latter kept the ball too much to the centre when, with Aird well-marked, it would have been more profitable to cultivate wing play. All the forwards were successful. F. Macleod, on the extreme wing, met with more success than usual, and seems to have tumbled to the game that is expected of him. Both Cowie and Mackay worked hard, the latter being an especially hardy type of player. Aird got little rope from Maclachlan, but managed to get his customary goal, while on two occasions in the second half, he was just off the mark. It would be better for him, however, if the rest of the team cultivated putting the ball a few yards in front of Aird. He prefers it that way and is very hard to hold when he gets a pass in his stride. Charlie Cameron had a hot handful in Patterson against him and the pair had many a stiff tussle in which honours were frequently even.