| Date | Wednesday, 17 August 1994 |
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| Competition | Scottish League Cup |
| Fixture/Score | Ross County 0:5 Raith Rovers |
| Venue | Victoria Park |
| Attendance | 2,500 |
| Referee | George Simpson |
| Comments | Match Report Published: 18/8/1994 Press & Journal Reporter: Bill McAllister Ross County 0 Raith Rovers 5 County hit by air raid Former Motherwell Striker Ally Graham Was the Kirkcaldy goal king with a superb hat-trick as Raith eventually made it a Dingwall doddle as they reached the last 16 of the Coca-Cola Cup. But Jimmy Nicholl's men had to move up a gear in the second half to finally break down courageous County. It was not until the 55th minute that the dogged Dingwall defence was pierced. But, in the end, Raith took the high road to victory with four headed goals. County had their moments, particuarly in the first half, and showed good discipline and perseverence, but the First Division men's pace and sharpness eventually took its toll. Raith made the vital strike in 55 minutes when Kirkwood squared cleverly for Cameron to smash a low 20 yarder in off the post. The home side were stunned in 65 minutes when Graham powered home a header from Lennon's corner kick. Campbell had a amazing goal-line stop from a Lennon piledriver as Raith took control and it was 3-0 in 74 minutes when Dalziel nodded home Lennon's cross. In 85 minutes came the pick of the bunch, a superb header by Graham from Dair's cross. And, two minutes from time. Graham completed his hat-trick when he polished off Lennon's pinpoint cross with another header. |
| Ross County | |
| Manager | Robert (Bobby) Wilson |
| Starting 11 | 1: Stephen Hutchison, 2: Christopher (Chris) Somerville, 3: Gary Campbell, 4: Robert (Robbie) Williamson, 5: Alexander (Sandy) MacLeod, 6: William (Billy) Herd, 7: Keith (Billy) Ferries, 8: Andrew (Andy) MacLeod, 9: Brian Grant, 10: Jamie MacPherson, 11: Barry Wilson |
| Bench | 0: Donald (Don) MacMillan, 0: Craig Reid, 0: Alan Duff |
| Raith Rovers | |
| Manager | Jimmy Nicholl |
| Starting 11 | Scott Thompson, Jason Rowbothan, Davie Kirkwood, RonnieCoyle, Robbie Raeside, David Sinclair, Danny Lennon, Gordon Dalziel 1, Ally Graham 3, Colin Cameron 1, Jason Dair |
| Bench | Julian Broddle, Stephen Crawford, Brian Potter |