Date	Saturday, 15 November 1947
Competition	Highland League
Fixture/Score	Ross County 0:4 Inverness Clachnacuddin
Venue	Victoria Park
Referee	A. W. 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: Jocky (SNR) Clark, 8: Charles (Chic) Ogilvie, 9: D Cameron, 10: Alick Ferguson, 11: Tommy Urquhart
Bench
Attendance
Match Report	Report from the Ross-shire Journal. Ross County 0 Inverness Clachnacuddin 4 Ross County put up a good show against Clach for the first twenty minutes. Then they faded away and in the end Clach won comfortably. No one could grudge them their win. They were by far the better team—in fact there is no better team in the Highland League today than this, the Qualifying Cup winners. They are a team, not a set of individuals. Every man knows his place and is always to be found there. There is a perfect understanding between them and few passes go adrift. Sound, without being brilliant in defence, they have an outstanding half-back line, with Maclean best and Baxter a good second. In the vanguard there is not a weak link, with Pines a marvellous opportunist. There is one drawback: the robustness, visible chagrinment when beaten for the ball, clicking of heels and verbal arguments with the referee. Clach are too clever a team to have to adopt such unnecessary tactics. The players should discipline themselves. The Clach are a team the Highlands are proud of. Why jeopardise it. The home team, as already stated, played well up to a point, and then they developed an inferiority complex. Newton could not be blamed for the defeat. He performed his duty well and did a lot more. Some of his saves might have been called lucky; they showed marvellous anticipation, intrepidity and calmness of judgment. Not one of the four goals scored against him could have been stopped by him—nor anyone else. Two were the result of defensive blunders. Both Spence and Jack played well, but wilted under pressure. Miskicks were frequent but the soft ground and greasy ball had much to do with that. Ross was the best of the halves, but was too busy defending to help his forwards. Chisholm and Sutherland worked hard, but found the opposing forwards very nippy. The forwards, after a good start, fell away. The inside men had to fall back to assist the defence. The extreme men were not too successful and Cameron was out on his own most of the game, and one man could not beat all the defenders. Twice he had the hardest of luck with headers. The absence of Miller, who was unwell, was felt right from the start. Ogilvie took his place. He had an off-day, caused by his trying to beat too many opponents before parting with the ball. Clark filled the vacancy at outside right. The game opened at a wonderful pace, considering the wet state of the pitch. Cameron became prominent when he intercepted an Ogilvie cross with his head and sent narrowly past. After Clach had forced a corner, which was abortive, Ferguson made a strong effort, and his parting shot flashed past the wrong side of the upright. Pines, in his keenness, paid too close attention to Newton and had to receive a warning word from the referee. A little later another Clach player received a word of comfort from Mr Harrower. Up to this point County were more than holding their own, but the Clach defence was very confident, while Maclean broke up several promising attacks. Then Clach had their turn, and only a fine one-handed save by Newton prevented McAngus from counting. Pines was very lively and dangerous in the goalmouth. Clark received a good chance from Cameron but his final shot was palmed out by Macdougall, but no one was there to send the ball home, and the danger was cleared. Mackenzie eventually did get the ball past Newton, but a previous infringement cancelled the count. Next Pines grazed the cross-bar with a header, but he made sure later, when he connected with a long punt by Baxter and drove it home. Within two minutes Baxter added a second. It was the result of a foul kick, 30 yards out. Baxter drove the ball strongly into the far off corner of the net. It was a counter all the way. Clach were now definitely on top, and it was no surprise when Pines added a third. Ross had previously miskicked the ball and left the centre with a clear run through. On resuming, County, for a period, took up the offensive, but there was little or no cohesion about their attack, and all attempts fizzled out. Pines, a real live wire, struck the cross-bar, and catching the rebound, blasted it for a bye—a let off for the County. Clach now appeared to take things easy, apparently content with their lead. County struggled on manfully, and on two occasions were unlucky not to count. Both were headers by Cameron, McDougall caught one and the cross-bar stopped the other. Baxter tried another spot shot from far out, but Newton was on the alert and tipped it over the bar. Then Seigal, with an open goal, shot wide. After this McDougall got a lot to do, but he was undismayed and took everything in his stride. Near the close Pines, benefitting by a defensive lapse, got through to register number four, and incidentally his own hat-trick.