Date	Saturday, 09 November 1929
Competition	Highland League
Fixture/Score	Ross County 5:0 Nairn County
Venue	Victoria Park
Referee
Ross County
Manager	Thomas (Tom) Pirie
Starting 11	1: Jackie Cross, 2: R Johnstone, 3: Dot Garrow 1, 4: Murdo Cameron 3, 5: Robert Munro, 6: Paulo Grant, 7: ??? Patience, 8: Charlie Cameron, 9: A Morrison, 10: Dick Traill, 11: Tom Young 1
Bench
Attendance
Match Report	Report from the Ross-shire Journal. Ross County 5 Nairn County 0 Nairn County Failed to do itself justice at Dingwall against Ross County. more or less the whole team was at fault; they came in rain and cold on a treacherous pitch, and they lost a goal in the first minutes. By the end of the game, there were haunting interludes. They seemed to suffer from a sort of inferiority complex; what in other days was sometimes called funk. And yet, Nairn is a good combination. Flashes of play were seen, some of them highly brilliant, by Ross County. Forward then, the winger made recurrent dashes which were difficult to stop and with crosses that at times ought to have been converted, but were miraculously cleared occasionally by brilliant work, sometimes by pure luck. If Nairn had scored once or twice at the beginning, the mass sense of inferiority would have disappeared. Still, Ross County must be credited with having successfully put across some of the inferiority complex from which they suffered. The conditions were equally bad for both; Ross County's first goal provided the will-to-win inspiration, and in a game otherwise drab, there was always view of good team work and purposeful play in attack and defence. Led by Paul Grant, who deputised for Pirie, the backs, while going in time of need to the last line of defence, thought more of getting their own forwards away, and the forward-line rarely failed to respond. Cameron at centre, with his damaged head still under repair, was enterprising, clever and courageous. Wholly unselfish, his shrewd flicks along the slithering turf were seldom wrongly directed. His namesake—the Fortrose schoolboy—on the left wing played his best game, and Patience’s weight and skill always helped to break shock tactics. Charles Cain gave a clever and gentlemanly half-back performance on a bad afternoon. He intrigued everyone by his ball control, clever manoeuvring, opportunism and true sportsmanship. Morrison on the right wing was worth more of the ball than came his way, but his inside support did the best he could for him. Frequently he was left unguarded and when occasionally a ball crossed to him, he generally got well placed and made the opening which more than once reached its climax in a goal. All over—the clean sheet speaks for the defence—Ross County did not carry a passenger and somehow Paul Grant and the two Camerons remain kenspeckle figures in memories of the game. Nairn County's defence, which hitherto has been its greatest asset, unaccountably wilted before a team which in every department moved in its appointed place and was imbued with the conquering spirit. The game was a disappointing one, not because the players did not give of their best, and not because there were no goals—Ross County counted no less than five times and the visitors failed to respond—but owing to the wet, heavy ground, which made ball control most difficult. Well-intentioned passes often strayed and the ball had an unhappy knack of sliding off the players' boots. Indeed, the climatic conditions prevented any one of the twenty-two displaying the finer points of the game. Notwithstanding, there was some excitement, keen exchanges and some good goals. Both teams had their periods, but the Ross County defenders played with more confidence than the Nairn County rearguard and thus lay the difference between the teams. Grant was outstandingly successful in the Ross half-line. He was a worthy substitute for Pirie, trapping the ball and feeding his front line to perfection. He was well-supported by Garrow and Young, both robust, well-intentioned and whole-hearted. Both scored a goal each. The forwards did all that was asked of them, M. Cameron and A. Morrison, the extreme men, being particularly good. M. Cameron at centre distributed the ball well and he deserved his two goals. Patience was ever in the fray and played well to his partner on the left. He did not score but he made the opportunities for at least three of the five. C. Cameron had two goals to his credit, both taken in the same cool manner, but the second was disallowed for offside. Nairn County had a good man in Scott at outside-right, but he was played to more than was wise, with the result that the left wing was neglected. The defence was not a sound, steady compilation of goals by the home team had a disconcerting effect on Nairn County, who in the end were well beaten.