| Date | Saturday, 29 November 1930 |
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| Competition | Highland League |
| Fixture/Score | Ross County 1:0 Inverness Clachnacuddin |
| Venue | Victoria Park |
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| Ross County | |
| Manager | Johnny Hart |
| Starting 11 | 1: Peter Brett, 2: Roddie Munro, 3: Sonny MacKenzie, 4: Dick Traill, 5: Johnny Hart 1, 6: Ackie Urquhart, 7: J Morrison, 8: Ackie MacKay, 9: A Kerr, 10: Paulo Grant, 11: D Sutherland |
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| Match Report | Report from the Ross-shire Journal. Ross County 1 Inverness Clachnacuddin 0 Ross County's 1-0 win against Clachnacuddin at Dingwall on Saturday in no way flattered them. Numerous chances were missed, which perhaps might be accounted for by the dangerous state of the ground. Frost had a firm grip of the pitch and the ball played all kinds of tricks on the hard surface. Footing was also treacherous and Keir, when on the run, had trouble in keeping his feet and control of the ball, which cost him at least two certain goals; while through the same fault, other likely openings went abegging. County attacked strongly from the opening of the game, but their forwards were too small of stature compared with the big backs and half-backs against them. High balls were confidently cleared by the Clach defence, while they did not stand on ceremony in tackling and used their weight in no uncertain manner to bundle their lighter opponents off the ball. After Kerr had had two good tries at Mackenzie, Hart scored a lovely goal, the ball going into the net off the leg of a defender. The game livened up somewhat, and both Trail and Munro are to be commended on good defensive work, the latter being in great form and kicked and cleared naturally on the treacherous ground. In fact, Munro seemed to be more than happy on the treacherous ground. Hart was the dominant man of the whole 22. He gave the Clach attack no rope whatever, and his purveying of the ball to his wings and inside men was both artistic and accurate. More use should have certainly been made of Hart's work. Morrison, on the County right, was clean out of the game, but Sutherland, on the left, was clever and elusive and got in some useful work, although at times his crosses were on the low side and too easily blocked. The second half was not long in progress when Mackay, the young Invergordonite, had Mackenzie beaten with a splendid drive, but the ball struck the bar and rebounded into play. It was a cleverly taken shot and Mackay showed his football sense with the way he worked himself into position. Indeed, throughout the game, Mackay was the best inside forward on view, his play being on a standard with Grant's. Brett was seldom troubled, but on one occasion a mistake in the goalmouth by the defenders—who should have been Hart and Urquhart—both hesitated in going for the ball; Brett ran out and kicked clear, but the ball went to Yeudall, who from five yards out blundered by shooting wildly over when a sharp tap would have found the net. The Clach raids were dangerous and with Mackenzie in uncertain form at left back, for a time it looked any odds as if the equalising goal would come, but as already stated, Munro was in rampant mood and repelled numerous dangerous raids and covered up Mackenzie with unerring accuracy. Nearing the close, Hart's generalship was even more in evidence and the game was played on the lines of the County forwards versus the Clach defence, but Mackenzie, Shaw and Clyne held out and no more scoring took place. |