Date	Saturday, 17 December 1949
Competition	Highland League
Fixture/Score	Ross County 1:1 Rothes
Venue	Victoria Park
Referee	Mr. Tom Macniven
Ross County
Manager	The Management Committee
Starting 11	1: Fred Newton, 2: Jimmy Farmer, 3: Jimmy Crosbie, 4: Willie (Billy) Urquhart, 5: John Patience, 6: George Sutherland, 7: Tommy Urquhart, 8: Arthur Maybury 1, 9: Charles (Chic) Ogilvie, 10: Alick Ferguson, 11: Finlay Browning
Bench
Attendance
Match Report	Report from the Ross-shire Journal. Ross County 1 Rothes 1 (Abandoned After 30 Minutes) Score Stands. Weather and ground conditions were extremely bad at the start of this match, and when after 40 minutes the football-cum-ploughing match was over, the result, a draw, was just right—40 minutes hard plodding with County slightly superior. Rothes chose to play with the wind, and what a wind! It was of little help to them, as it became somewhat squally, and as often as not changed its direction, and 'keeper Bremner often found the ball flying back on him. Defenders were slithering here and there, in fruitless endeavour to dispossess a forward, who by keeping the ball close to his feet, was weaving his way goalwards. It was a case of getting to the ball first, and being king of the walk. County kicked-off, and right away it was evident that they meant business, all the forwards were up. Shot after shot at the Rothes goal was blocked and cleared by defenders; the County just could not score. Then much against the run of play, Rothes scored. A run through by Cowie drew County defence to the right. He crossed to Meldrum, who shot in. Newton did well to parry this shot, but Russel was quick to snatch the ball and score. Farmer was going forward too much, and County defenders were just managing to cover up for him. It was from one of his break-throughs, however, that County scored. He swept past two Rothes men and sent Tommy Urquhart away. The winger splashed his way down the wing, and crossed a good ball for Maybury to hook home. This was a new Tommy Urquhart. His crossing and ball control were an improvement on recent form. He is slow though. Willie Urquhart was a welcome return to the defence, and with Maybury, brought power to the County right. At 3.15, with the storm increasing in wrath, the referee and captains consulted, and decided to call it a day.