Date	Saturday, 26 November 1949
Competition	Highland League
Fixture/Score	Ross County 3:1 Inverness Clachnacuddin
Venue	Victoria Park
Referee	D. Pyper
Ross County
Manager	The Management Committee
Starting 11	1: Fred Newton, 2: DoDo Ross, 3: Jimmy Crosbie, 4: Finlay Browning, 5: John Patience, 6: George Sutherland, 7: Tommy Urquhart, 8: Charles (Chic) Ogilvie, 9: Bill Paterson 1, 10: Alick Ferguson 2, 11: Tommy Rooney
Bench
Attendance	1,200
Match Report	Report from the Ross-shire Journal. Ross County 3 Inverness Clachnacuddin 1 Ross County were superior in most departments. They played delightful football and recovered some of their recent lost prestige. Once again it was Newton who was outstanding. Seldom does he go below form—he remains as ever, a bundle of lightning whizzing across the goal, to deflect or gather a dangerous ball. For the second week in succession, County had to call on the services of their reserves. This week it fell to centre-half "Dodo" Ross's lot to take over Farmer's position at right back. As with Simpson at Elgin, Ross took time to settle down. Throughout the game he favoured a well-placed short pass to the powerful first-time clearance. Crosbie has not quite recovered his previous best form, and with Andrews, who is an adept ball player, he had his work really cut out. The half-back line was steady. Browning showed improvement—he was quick on the ball and in the tackle. Patience gave Pines little chance in the air, but on the ground he had to be careful; Sutherland was just Sutherland, cool and sure in tackle and in ball distribution. Tommy Urquhart could not hit it off. He received good service, could cut his way through, but as often as not his parting shots would be muffed. Rooney was the other extreme. He took the opposition before him, and crossed the ideal ball. The three inside men, Ogilvie, Paterson and Ferguson, gave the best display of football on the day's play. Each has his own style, but these styles meshed, produced the power and thrust which has been sorely lacking in the forward-line of late. Clach had their moments, but it was never the "old" Clach. They were saved on innumerable occasions by keeper Macdougall. Maclean kept a faltering defence together, but could not prevent defeat. Clach were the first to score. Play up to then had been fairly even, County having slight advantage. Clever combination by Pines, and the right wing pair, left Jamieson with a gilt-edged goal. It was then County struck form. Clach goalmouth was unceasingly beseiged. Rooney was breaking through and his crosses seemed to hang in the air before being shot into the goalmouth by a foot or a head. The equaliser came when Browning lobbed the ball into the centre, and Ferguson found no difficulty in heading home. Paterson, employing neat body swerves, and perfect ball control, weaved his way through Clach defence, and put County in the lead with a well-placed shot. Ferguson tied up the score, when he turned a cross from Rooney into the net. All in all the game gave County supporters renewed confidence in their team.