Date	Saturday, 22 March 1947
Competition	Highland League
Fixture/Score	Ross County 5:1 Buckie Thistle
Venue	Victoria Park
Referee	Mr. Tom Macniven
Ross County
Manager	The Management Committee
Starting 11	1: William (Bill) MacDonald, 2: ??? Edmonds, 3: Frank McGrory, 4: Alistair MacDonald, 5: John Patience, 6: Robert Gollan, 7: Charles (Chic) Ogilvie, 8: Jocky (SNR) Clark 1, 9: ??? MacLeay 2, 10: Alick Ferguson 2, 11: Tommy Urquhart
Bench
Attendance
Match Report	Report from the Ross-shire Journal. Ross County 5 Buckie Thistle 1 Victoria Park, Dingwall, wag playable, but just. The lines were visible, the grass, except in scattered patches, was invisible. The rest was one sea of mud, several inches deep. Early in the game the ball became very heavy and unless caught in the air, did not travel far. Passes went agley, some short and others going in the direction opposite to that intended. Naturally the heavy going slowed down play. At the outset Buckie appeared to overcome the difficulties of wet conditions better than their opponents and were the first to score. But as time advanced, Ross County mastered the situation and in the end won comfortably. Conspicuous in the first half was the inability of Ferguson, one of the cleverest forwards and County's star schemer, to find the vital spot. He tried from all directions, but post, cross bar, and giant Cameron foiled him every time. Later he had his revenge, much to Cameron's discomfiture. This does not detract from the Buckie goalkeeper's display. He played a magnificent game, and although he did not stop five goals, he diverted many more. He gave one of the finest displays of goalkeeping seen at Dingwall for many a day. His confrere at the other end had much less to do, and he did that little well. Buckie had a very live wire in Cormack in the front rank. He always turned up at the right moment, he never tired, and he alone was the bugbear to the County defence. Patience controlled the situation in his masterly style, and both backs gave him good support. McCrory was sound without being brilliant, and Edmund made a very promising debut. He is an asset to the County. The wing halves did their duty and Ogilvie, Clark and Ferguson played to form. Macleay, Ardgay, is the best centre produced this season, but the welcome surprise was Urquhart. He improved immensely on recent appearances. Buckie defence held out for three-quarters of the game; then it gave in, except for Cameron. Ross County deserved their win, but Buckie Thistle, on play, were not four goals behind. As to the game itself, Ross County with the wind in their favour, had somewhat the better of play for a lengthy period. Then, as sometimes happens, against the run of play Buckie scored, Cormack shooting into the net, Macdonald just failing to reach it. Thus encouraged, the visitors pressed. That spell over, County took the game in hand, and after Ferguson's abortive attempts, Macleay got the equaliser, calmly sending home a perfect pass from Ogilvie. The score was equal at half-time, thanks to Cameron and his backs. After the turn-over, Ferguson made early amends. In quick succession he scored two characteristic goals — placed shots where there was no goalkeeper. From this point there was only one team in it and that was not Buckie Thistle. Clark brought Ross County's total to four and Macleay went "map." The centre got away on his own with a forward pass from Ferguson. Although attended by two of the opposition, he ran on and deliberately placed the ball in the corner of the net. Macleay knows where the goal lies.