Date	Saturday, 29 October 1949
Competition	Highland League
Fixture/Score	Ross County 0:1 Fraserburgh
Venue	Victoria Park
Referee	Mr. Tom Macniven
Ross County
Manager	The Management Committee
Starting 11	1: Fred Newton, 2: Willie (Billy) Urquhart, 3: Jimmy Crosbie, 4: Finlay Browning, 5: Jimmy Farmer, 6: George Sutherland, 7: Charles (Chic) Ogilvie, 8: George Gavin, 9: Bill Paterson, 10: Tommy Rooney, 11: Tommy Urquhart
Bench
Attendance
Match Report	Report from the Ross-shire Journal. Ross County 0 Fraserburgh 1 The thrills this game lacked in the first half were soon made up for during the second period. The weather was ideal for football. The ground was soft, but not too soft. The sun, what little there was of it, assisted neither side. There was a little nip in the air. Victoria Park is indeed taking on a "New Look." The new banking behind the goals adds enormously to the Park's football pitch appearance. Newton returned to the side, and gave a faultless display, despite his absence of several weeks. The backs, W. Urquhart and Crosbie, were on top of their form. Many a time they changed from an aggressive role of defence to an equally aggressive attacking role. It is a pity Crosbie was injured in a tackle and had to go to outside left. Short gains and indiscriminate first-time kicks seemed to be the order of the day for Sutherland and Browning during the first half. However, they settled down during the second half, and worthily made amends. Farmer was his usual stalwart self. Gavin and Paterson, County's latest signings, originated several good moves, but they came to naught. Ogilvie found Macgregor a tough handful, but he made what he could of him. Rooney was an immaculate player and is a great asset to the Club. Tommy Urquhart had a slightly off-day, but he, too, like Rooney, is a sound player. The outstanding man in the Fraserburgh team was left-back Macgregor. Time and time again he robbed Ogilvie of the ball with his well-timed tackles, and sent his own forwards away. The outstanding man of the day, however, was undoubtedly Crosbie of Ross County. What a great player he is. Fraserburgh won the toss—play fluctuating from end to end. Now one team, then the other would have a shot at goal, but to no avail. Paterson was the liveliest of the County forwards. Once he dribbled down the centre of the field. By all appearances he was attempting to bring the ball on to his left foot for a shot at goal. The shot which materialised, however, was somewhat muffed, and hit the side-netting. Rooney had several powerful shots but they went wide. Stewart and Macdonald were the principal Fraserburgh triers. Excitement was high in the closing minutes of the first half, when Walker conceded a corner to a hard drive by Paterson. Fraserburgh put on pressure soon after the restart, Mackintosh just shot by the post. Macdonald's shot was saved at the expense of a corner. A beautiful piece of anticipation on Millsop's part, when he ran in to meet a cross from Burnett with his head, just went by the post. Newton was injured when he dived for a ball; a scrimmage ensued. Hasty attempts were made to clear, W. Urquhart finally clearing on the goal-line. Crosbie had to retire for treatment, but resumed later. Play was again the end-to-end type. On two occasions Crosbie's head staved off a goal deficit between Ross County and a goal, during another goalmouth scrimmage. Crosbie was then forced to go to outside-left; a reshuffle of the forward-line being made. Sutherland went to left-back and Rooney moved to left-half; T. Urquhart went outside-right, Ogilvie inside-right, and Gavin inside-left. A through pass from Gavin to Paterson led to Walker diving to save the centre's glancing shot. At the other end, Newton beat down a shot from Millsop. Russel, from the rebound, and from five yards out, lofted the ball out of the pitch. Russel later made amends when Farmer mistimed a high ball, and he nipped in between him and Newton and had little difficulty in placing the ball in the net. County never appeared capable of bringing the game out of the bag with only ten minutes left, but they kept plugging away. A foul kick by Stewart from outside the penalty area gave Newton no chance, but fortunately it struck the upright. So the game ended—Fraserburgh on the alert and lying back, and County trying desperately for the equaliser.