Date	Saturday, 08 April 1939
Competition	Inverness Cup
Fixture/Score	Ross County 3:4 Inverness Thistle
Venue	Victoria Park
Referee
Ross County
Manager	George Barrie
Starting 11	1: Roy Applegate, 2: ??? Coulthart, 3: Adam Forsyth, 4: A. MacDonald, 5: George Barrie 1, 6: J Wood, 7: J.A MacKay, 8: ??? Mitchell, 9: Ernest Gowl 1, 10: W Murray, 11: A Jack
Bench
Attendance
Match Report	Report from the Ross-shire Journal. Ross County 3 Inverness Thistle 4 The Ross County and Inverness Thistle tie in the second leg of the Inverness Cup, at Dingwall, on Saturday, was poorly patronised, perhaps on account of the shinty final at Inverness. In the first encounter between these teams at Inverness, Thistle got home by six goals to four, consequently County started with a two goal deficit. A two-nil handicap was too much for Ross County to concede, and never mind they show any semblance of pulling it up. Gillies—a brother of County's Neil—scored with a smart header to give the visitors a 1-0 lead at half time. At the start of the second half, County—as is their wont recently—started with vigour, but a goal by Kay—and a really good one—knocked them still further in arrears. County kept the game lively with frequent but futile raids. A pass back to his goalkeeper by Pyke gave County a goal, the goalkeeper completely missing a very simple shot. Another County spurt, and from an opening by Jack, Gow Leaded the equaliser. These quick successes livened matters, and Barrie, who now came forward, gave County the lead. This however was quickly discounted when Mackay converted a penalty for Thistle. Before the end, Gillies had another point and Thistle retired comfortable winners. It was not a game to criticise. Both sides were very ineffective, and seldom did the football rise above a juniorish standard. A pleasing part for County was the return to form of Applegate. Jack's thrust, as an inside forward, when he changed from the wing berth, delighted the crowd; a good footballer this, and he will be a paying one when he establishes himself as a forward. Of Thistle, the fact which intrigued the home spectators most was that their two best players, Gillies and Macleod, both hail from Ross-shire.