Date	Saturday, 27 November 1948
Competition	Highland League
Fixture/Score	Ross County 4:0 Nairn County
Venue	Victoria Park
Referee
Ross County
Manager	The Management Committee
Starting 11	1: Fred Newton, 2: Jimmy Farmer, 3: Fred Nimmo, 4: James MacDonald, 5: John Patience, 6: George Sutherland, 7: Tommy Urquhart, 8: Jocky (SNR) Clark 1, 9: Charles (Chic) Ogilvie 2, 10: Alick Ferguson 1, 11: John (Johnny) Bremner
Bench
Attendance
Match Report	Report from the Ross-shire Journal. Ross County 4 Nairn County 0 Ross County cemented their position as runners-up in the Highland league championship by accounting for Nairn County by four goals to nil, at Victoria Park, Dingwall. This was by no means a runaway victory. It could have been if Rossshire had made more use of their wing men, both of them good, but seldom utilised as they should have been. Ferguson opened the scoring after five minutes; Ogilvie got a second before half-time. Strong Ross-shire pressure resulted in another quick Ogilvie counter, while but with five minutes to go Clark secured his customary goal, to make it four-nil. Lo The game was not what could be termed a thriller. Pleasing feature from a he e point of view, was the stout defence put up by Nimmo and Farmer. Both .e a cut above the ordinary run of bac" . seen in Highland football. Nimmo ° presses more and more with each game he plays. A fearless tackler and clean kicker, he showed on Saturday he is not afraid to go tht:::ahgh on his "Il:wn and * have a go." Another improved player was Macdogald, who resumed at right half. Over the piece, Nairn gave as good as they got. Their inside men, however, lacked the punch of the Ross-shire trio, which was very marked. It is remarkable the thrust which Clark, Ogilvie and Ferguson can ingti] into a game. These three it was who on occasions had Nairn defence guessing, and brought out some brilliant goalkeeping from Gardner, the Nairn 'keeper. As already mentioned, it is a pity they did not concentrate more on their wing men, Urquhart is a wily veteran, who, given the chance, can make and take openings, while Bremner, his opposite, is of the go-ahead type with 3 terrific shot and always an eye on the main chance. Patience dominated the centre of the field and was nbi{ bufpontd by the strong going Sutherland, whose serious football accident recently in no way has subdued his courage. Is there a better goalkeeper in the North, than George Newton—no County supporter will subscribe to the suggestion there is. The referee came in for some good natured chaff. He might have deserved it, but it did not influence him—a fact which should be noted by the barrackers. D. Forsyth, the Conon boy and brother of the great Adam Forsyth, Partick Thistle, turned out for Nairn. He had a splendid game and showed himself a much improved player from the time he was on County books.