Date	Saturday, 13 September 1930
Competition	Scottish Qualifying Cup
Fixture/Score	Caledonian FC 3:3 Ross County
Venue	Telford Street
Referee
Ross County
Manager	Johnny Hart
Starting 11	1: A Ross, 2: Roddie Munro, 3: Ackie Urquhart, 4: Dot Garrow, 5: Johnny Hart 1, 6: Paulo Grant, 7: Dick Traill, 8: ??? Todd, 9: Ian Aird 1, 10: A Kerr, 11: Charlie Cameron 1
Bench
Attendance
Match Report	Report from the Ross-shire Journal. Caledonian FC 3 Ross County 3 Ross County proved they possess the right cup-tie spirit on Saturday when, in the Qualifying Cup tie at Inverness, they played Caledonian to a draw of three goals each after being two goals behind in the first half. A huge crowd of Ross-shire supporters travelled to Inverness, and the game was witnessed by one of the largest crowds yet seen in the town at a Qualifying Cup game. The County got off the mark right at the commencement of the game, but the first real danger came from Kenny Macdonald, the old English League player, who fired in a hot shot which just went over the bar with Ross beaten. County swarmed round the Caley goal and on more than one occasion all but scored. Caley retaliated and a dour struggle took place in the County territory, Mackenzie ultimately getting past the County defence to score the first goal of the match. Greatly heartened, Caley returned to the attack and Whitton again beat Ross. The two goals behind did not daunt the visitors, and Aird and his forwards were playing on top form. Clever work on the left wing saw Aird get his chance and he made no mistake about beating Sutherland. A few minutes later the centre nearly drew the game but Sutherland was too clever for him and saved magnificently. The County kept forcing the pace and working well together, Kerr and Cameron being particularly outstanding. Once again the County defence fell, Gray being the marksman. Three-one against them was a big deficit to start the second half with, but the County went into it with a stout heart and their plucky show gained them their due reward, Aird heading a cross from Cameron and Hart converting a penalty against the outside left, who, with the goalkeeper beaten, was walking the ball into the net when prevented from doing so by Sutherland catching hold of his jersey. It was an exciting second half. Hart came in as a sixth forward and Grant, with Urquhart's aid, defended the left half and centre half splendidly. It was only the fine goalkeeping of Sutherland in the Caley goal that kept the eager County attack at bay, Mitchell and he being outstanding. It was a stirring encounter right to the end and a draw is a fair reflection of the play. Ross County have played better football than they exhibited on Saturday and it is hoped that to-morrow when Caledonian come to Dingwall in the replay, they will rise to a higher plane. Ross, in the County goal, did not inspire confidence. His clutching was most uncertain and he seems to have lost confidence in himself. The backs did exceptionally well and stood up to a terrible gruelling against a forward line which was composed of three English League players. The half-line and backs did not work together as they are accustomed to do. Garrow shows the want of match play this year—it was his first game of the season. Hart was brilliant and with his side two goals in arrears pluckily fought back, extracting the last ounce out of himself and his colleagues. Grant was a real artist, especially when Hart went forward. On occasions Grant played the whole Caley attack by himself. As an outside right Trail was not too successful, especially in the first half, but greatly improved on his game in the second period. He has gained valuable experience and it should benefit him to-morrow. Todd was an artist at inside right, showing a fine command of the ball and a good shot. Aird worked as hard as ever and is to be admired for the ceaseless way he kept hammering into the Caley defence. Kerr was not up to his usual form, but he and Cameron gave some fine displays of wing play. Cameron was an ideal winger. His work was invaluable and he had the Caley defence rattled everytime he got the ball. Caledonian have an exceptionally fine team of individual players but they have not blended properly yet. Sutherland, in goal, gave a very fine display as did Mitchell and Ross at back. The half-line did not impress, the County forwards always were superior to them. The forwards are a fine line of players, and once they get to understand each other's game will be a formidable combination.