| Date | Saturday, 15 April 1939 |
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| Competition | Highland League |
| Fixture/Score | Inverness Clachnacuddin 9:0 Ross County |
| Venue | Grant Street Park |
| Referee | W. Phimister |
| Ross County | |
| Manager | George Barrie |
| Starting 11 | 1: Roy Applegate, 2: J Sutherland, 3: A. Ross, 4: A. MacDonald, 5: Adam Forsyth, 6: J Wood, 7: D Bowie, 8: W Murray, 9: Ernest Gowl, 10: A Jack, 11: Alan Forsyth |
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| Match Report | Report from the Ross-shire Journal. Inverness Clachnacuddin 9 Ross County 0 Never for a moment was there any doubt about the result of this game. Clach won as they liked and even the score of 9-0 does not adequately represent their superiority. And why? Because the County were without Barrie, their stopper and purveyor. It has been proved several times this season that without Barrie, the team make a poor show. The Dingwall team did make somewhat of a shape in the first half, but even with the wind in their favour they never looked like scoring, and had the shooting of the home forwards been better, more than two goals would have come during that period. As it was, Clach scored a long overdue goal after twenty minutes, Wemyss being the marksman from a pass from E. Mackintosh. Shortly before half-time A. Mackintosh scored a grand goal from a Wemyss pass, Applegate having no chance to save. The second half was very one-sided. With the elements in their favour, Clachnacuddin could do nothing wrong. Their halves and forwards literally toyed with the Dingwall defence and goals came with a regularity that was almost tiresome. E. Mackintosh showed the way soon after the cross-over by scoring a couple of goals and then Wemyss got a fifth from a corner. A. Mackintosh added a sixth and in the last twenty minutes the goals by Wemyss, Davidson, and then Wemyss again, merely served to emphasise Clach's superiority. There was not a real football personality in the County team, but Sutherland, the right-back, and Adam Forsyth, the centre-forward, were both hard workers who might have done much better had they got better support. The attack was lifeless and only Bowie paid his way. Lawson was Clach's best back and in a good half line, Urquhart and Davidson played good football. The attack had few troubles, and all did well, with Wemyss and the Mackintoshes particularly good. |