Date	Saturday, 08 March 1947
Competition	North of Scotland Cup
Fixture/Score	Ross County 3:4 Forres Mechanics
Venue	Victoria Park
Referee	Mr D. Mackintosh
Ross County
Manager	The Management Committee
Starting 11	1: Fred Newton, 2: DD Forsyth, 3: Frank McGrory, 4: ??? Raybould, 5: John Patience, 6: Robert Gollan, 7: Charles (Chic) Ogilvie, 8: Jocky (SNR) Clark 1, 9: Rossie MacMahon, 10: Alick Ferguson 2 (2 pens), 11: Tommy Urquhart
Bench
Attendance
Match Report	Report from the Ross-shire Journal. Ross County 3 Forres Mechanics 4 Ross County fell to Forres Mechanics on Saturday by the odd goal in seven. They have only themselves to blame. They were slightly better than their opponents territorially, but they lacked finishing power. On the other hand the Forres forwards were all sharp-shooters. The County were better served in the halfback line, where Patience was the best man on the field. Where Ross County failed was at full back. For once D. Forsyth was completely off form and the bulk of the defence fell on MacGrory and Newton. Neither let the team down. If anything Forres deserved to win. They never slackened. Their two early goals were negatived by two penalties, both of which Ferguson converted. When County took the lead through Clark they were jubilant, but not for long. Forres would not be held and scoring twice late in the game, retired triumphant. The field was certainly playable, but just awful to play on. Not a blade of grass was to be seen. The snow had been cleared off, and a strong sun left about two inches of mud over the frozen ground. Until then the players slipped and slithered all over the field, on many occasions when they were not near the ball. The visitors were more dangerous at the start and within fifteen minutes were two goals up, after Newton had made a brilliant save from Kalphar. The scorers were Lisz and Kalphar, both Poles. Ross County had their chances, and shots from Ferguson and Clark looked likely counters, but always a head or a foot turned up at the psychological moment. Eventually the ball struck the cross-bar, dropped to the goal line, where the goalkeeper fisted it out. The game was stopped and the referee consulted a neutral linesman, who voted "no goal." Shortly after, Becci handled and Ferguson scored from the penalty spot. The heavy ground slackened the pace in the second half, and for a period neither side could claim any advantage. Again Becci handled and again Ferguson obliged. With the scores level, interest revived. A corner kick was well-placed by Ogilvie. In front of the goal the ball bobbled from head to head, defenders and attackers alike, until Clark got it and put it into the back of the net. This success was short-lived, for within two minutes the work necessary on the houses and sub- Forres had equalised through Taylor. Excitement became intense and play keener than ever. In the 85th minute Lisz again defeated Newton with a great drive. From this to the end, Forres were top dogs and only Newton kept the eager forwards at bay.