| Date | Saturday, 06 February 1932 |
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| Competition | Highland League |
| Fixture/Score | Keith 6:3 Ross County |
| Venue | Kynoch Park |
| Referee | |
| Ross County | |
| Manager | John (Jock) Ramage |
| Starting 11 | 1: ? Scott, 2: Roddie Munro, 3: J Stewart, 4: ? Fraser, 5: John Ramage, 6: Roddie Garrow, 7: Ackie MacKay, 8: Dave Cowie, 9: Ian Aird 3, 10: Fred MacLeod, 11: William Bowie |
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| Match Report | Report from the North Star. Keith 6 Ross County 3 Even a hat-trick from Aird did not suffice to dampen Keith's prospects for the League Championship, as they found the County’s defence easy to bypass. Grant’s three goals, along with those from Scott, T. Cowie, and J. Cowie, brought their total to six. That the visitors were found more often in the role of defenders rather than attackers was due to the intermediate line having to fall back to support its backs. The absence of Urquhart was apparent, for Stewart possessed neither his confidence nor his forceful tactics, and with Munro much below his usual form, the junior player lacked the experience to cover up his clubmate’s errors of judgment. Thus, Ramage was rarely away from the role of a third back, breaking up Keith’s sprightly forward rushes on numerous occasions. Hence, it was not surprising that the County’s forwards often had to go deep to field the ball, because Traill and Macleod, the wing halves, were also forced to concentrate more on defending their lines than on putting their forwards in motion. Redeeming features, however, were that Aird returned to his best shooting form, while the Mackay and Cowie right wing justified itself in that it was generally a source of danger whenever a move was made. Had this wing only received its usual support, the Keith defence would have had a much more trying time, but Ramage could find little time to bring into view his long swinging passes to utilize the wings to their full purpose. |