Nairn County 4 - 3 RAF XI | Saturday, April 20th, 1940 | Match Details (Nairn County Archive)

Nairn County

4 - 3

RAF XI

League (Emergency War) (North)
Saturday, April 20th, 1940
Station Park
3:00 PM Kick-off

Goalscorers
Crolla Johnston Johnston Manderson (60)	Paterson (10) Hazel (pen.) (20) Henderson (78)

Team Managers
	Unknown.

Starting Eleven
A Webster Manderson McPhee Arthur Nicoll Mulholland Jackie Birrell John Bowie Murray Crolla Johnston Kelso	Mills Mitchell Hazle Johnstone Watson Gerrard Dennison Taylor Paterson Fergusson Henderson

Match Officials
W McNiven (Inverness) (Referee)

Match Report

Nairn County completed their North War League home fixture programme with a victory over the RAF at Nairn on Saturday, but the visitors were a trifle unlucky to be behind.

The Airmen took the lead within ten minutes when Paterson scored.

In the twentieth minute, Hazle converted a penalty to consolidate the visitors' lead.

Nairn spurted, and Johnstone did the spade work to let Crolla reduce the leeway, and before half time, Johnston made the score 2-2.

Nairn resumed without McPhee and the RAF without Gerrard, both of whom were injured.

Manderson gave Nairn the lead for the first time fifteen minutes after the restart then Johnstone had a brilliant effort to make Nairn's lead 4-2.

About twelve minutes from the end Henderson reduced the Airmen's leeway.

Best for Nairn - Mulholland, Johnstone, Manderson. For RAF - Hazle, Watson, Dennison, Taylor and Ferguson.

Match report written by Aberdeen Journal

Squad Statistics (as at April 20th, 1940)

			1939-40		All Time
	Age	Nat
A Webster (GK)	-		6	1	24	1
Manderson	-		5	7	9	10
Arthur Nicoll	-		4	-	46	14
McPhee	-		1	-	1	-
Mulholland	-		1	-	1	-
John Bowie	29		7	3	203	14
Jackie Birrell	-		2	-	8	3
Crolla	-		2	1	2	1
Murray	-		1	-	1	-
Kelso	-		2	1	2	1
Johnston	-		4	4	4	4