Date	Saturday, 23 April 1949
Competition	Highland League
Fixture/Score	Ross County 1:3 Deveronvale
Venue	Victoria Park
Referee	Mr MacWilliam
Ross County
Manager	The Management Committee
Starting 11	1: J C Ross, 2: D MacLean, 3: Fred Nimmo, 4: Finlay Browning, 5: Jimmy Farmer, 6: ??? Walker, 7: Tommy Urquhart, 8: Bill Simpson 1, 9: Charles (Chic) Ogilvie, 10: Alick Ferguson, 11: John (Johnny) Bremner
Bench
Attendance
Match Report	Report from the Ross-shire Journal. Ross County 1 Deveronvale 3 At Victoria Park last Saturday, the County were well beaten by Deveronvale, who, with a sound defence, and playing for the greater part of the game with ten men, were worthy of their victory. Granted, Ross County were without the services of Fred Newton in goal, but this was not where the weakness lay; the slackness appeared among the forwards, who were weak in the goal area. It was evident that after four games in the one week, the Ross men were leg weary. D. Maclean, who came in at right-back for Ross County, and justified his selection, is an Aultbea player, who has been prominent in North-West football circles this season. A point of interest in the game was that the brothers Fred and Jimmy Nimmo were opposing each other, Fred for Ross County and Jimmy for Deveronvale. The brothers tossed up for choice of ends and on winning, Deveronvale's captain took advantage of a strong wind. From the start, County looked impressive and in minutes, Browning put the ball to Simpson, who drove past Foss. For about minutes play kept on a fairly even footing, but there was little evidence of smart work by either side. It was only when Ritchie drove in a smart shot from the edge of the penalty box to equalise, that matters livened up. After this Frew was carried off the field with an ankle injury, following a tussle with Brenner, and later was removed for medical attention. The visitors carried on gamely with their ten men, the defence showing up well, especially Foss in goal. The half-time score of 1-1 was a fair enough reflex. On resuming the Vale men began to press and on several occasions stormed the County goal. But the first real thrill came when Urquhart's ball hit the bar and rebounded on to the line, for Mitchell to head clear. Nimmo cleared from the line when Ross partially stopped a Duncan ball, and a minute later Ferguson repeated the operation. The visitors gained the lead ten minutes from the end, when Smith scored from a Duncan pass, and shortly after Ritchie put the issue beyond doubt. The crowd admired the work of the ten visitors, who proved "bonnie fechters." Mr William Keith had charge of the game.