Date	Saturday, 31 December 1949
Competition	Highland League
Fixture/Score	Inverness Clachnacuddin 4:1 Ross County
Venue	Grant Street Park
Referee
Ross County
Manager	The Management Committee
Starting 11	1: Fred Newton, 2: Jimmy Farmer, 3: Fred Nimmo, 4: Finlay Browning, 5: John Patience, 6: George Sutherland, 7: Tommy Urquhart, 8: Arthur Maybury, 9: Charles (Chic) Ogilvie, 10: Alick Ferguson, 11: Tommy Rooney 1
Bench
Attendance
Match Report	Report from the Ross-shire Journal. Inverness Clachnacuddin 4 Ross County 1 It was pathetic to watch Ross County at times during this game. There was little cohesion between attack and defence, and what little there was came to naught in front of goal. Clach were livelier all-round, and did not appear to be so leg-weary and tired as County. Their tackling was surer and more robust, and their movements more open. They took every chance, would go after a loose ball in the County goal area, and as often as not catch it and then have the County defence in a none too compromising position. Davidson, ex-County centre forward, was chief culprit in this respect, and was wholly responsible for the County defeat. His bustling tactics, his speed and his distribution of the ball, were a bane on Patience's game throughout. Nimmo made one or two mistakes, but his policing of Andrews and his clearances on the goalline amply compensated for them. Farmer was at home at right back; his tackling was clean and his covering up good. The teams were evenly matched throughout the first half. During a Clach attack, Baxter had a drive from just outside the eighteen yard line punched over by Newton. From the resultant corner, Nimmo kicked clear on the line, and County took the offensive, Rooney narrowly shooting bye. On another occasion, Browning broke through and crossed the ball to the unmarked Rooney, who put the finishing touches to the movement by hooking the ball over Macdougall's head, into the net. This nettled the Clach, and put more punch into their attack, and they scored after Davidson had laid the ball for Siegal. County were clearly tiring when the half-time whistle went. It was the opinion of many that County would be able to carry the game off during the second half. The wind and the sun were in their favour. It was almost certain they would, when Maybury had a well-placed header miraculously saved by Macdougall. County were supreme then, but a transition came over them, and they fell away. A run through by Andrews led to a corner, from which Siegal scored. A faulty pass back to Newton by Patience was seized by Davidson, and Clach were then quite at liberty to fall back on their laurels for the rest of the match. However, close on time Davidson again ran through to score, and put an extra nail in the County coffin.