Date	Saturday, 08 November 1947
Competition	Highland League
Fixture/Score	Ross County 8:1 R A F Kinloss
Venue	Victoria Park
Referee	Mr. C. G. Harrower
Ross County
Manager	The Management Committee
Starting 11	1: Fred Newton, 2: Willie (Wicky) Spence, 3: A (Eck) Jack, 4: K Chisholm, 5: George Ross, 6: George Sutherland, 7: Charles (Chic) Ogilvie 1, 8: ? Miller 1, 9: D Cameron 3, 10: Alick Ferguson 3, 11: Tommy Urquhart
Bench
Attendance
Match Report	Report from the Ross-shire Journal. R.A.F. Kinloss 1 Ross County 8 Ross County should have travelled on Saturday, but the R.A.F. (Kinloss), for some reason best known to themselves, elected to play their home game at Dingwall. Later in the season they will be seen again at Victoria Park. An overcast sky, with occasional rain and with the Qualifying Cup final at Inverness a counter attraction, militated against a good attendance at Dingwall. Those who did venture out were well repaid. They witnessed a magnificent game. Ross County won and that handsomely, but the spate of goals in no way reflected the standard of play exhibited by both teams. The R.A.F. forwards played picture football. Every man knew his position and the ball travelled between them rapidly and with precision. It was beautiful to watch up to the eighteen yards line. There it collapsed. Ross, Spence and Jack proved the stone wall barrier and Newton had an easy time. Ross County forwards were not so polished, but they were deadly effective. Both inside men, Miller and Ferguson, and particularly the latter, were at the top of their form. Ferguson has not put on such a show for weeks. They caged the airmen defenders, kept the extreme wingers busy and fed Cameron to perfection. Both Cameron and Ferguson had hat-tricks; they might easily have gone nap. County were served better in the half-line and in defence; therein lay the difference between the teams. On play the airmen did not deserve to be defeated by 8 goals to 1. As to the play. The game had not gone fifteen minutes before Ross County were three goals up, registered by Cameron, Ogilvie and Ferguson. The first two were soft goals, which unluckily found goalkeeper Wright out of position. The third was a studied effort. It was an Urquhart cross, which Ferguson calmly headed home. The airmen's best scoring opportunity came from Griffiths, inside left, the visitors' best player, if not the best individual player on the field. His parting shot was blocked by Newton, who should never have got the chance. Ferguson was forcing the pace and two of his shots came very near the mark. It fell to Cameron to get number four. Ferguson was running in and was going to shoot, when he saw Cameron unmarked. He slipped the ball along the ground and Cameron had no opposition. Two minutes later he was not so fortunate. He got away on his own up the centre but he was careless with his shot, which went very wide. Just before half-time Ferguson got the sixth. The story of the second half is quickly told. The game had just been started when Ferguson, from thirty yards, scored number seven with an unsaveable shot. Two minutes later Miller followed with the eighth, a well-placed header. Play slackened off, Ross County being content with their comfortable lead. They continued to press, but Wright, who appeared to have gained confidence, defied any further effort to score. The airmen made many raids and Newton had more to do this half. He did it well. In the end, however, he was well-beaten. And it was fitting that Griffiths should be the scorer, if only for his persistency. To the last sound of the whistle the visitors never gave up trying, but there was no further scoring.