Date	Saturday, 13 April 1940
Competition	Ness Cup
Fixture/Score	Royal Artillery Mountain Battery 3:6 Ross County
Venue	Naval Grounds, Invergordon
Referee
Ross County
Manager	The Management Committee
Starting 11	1: ??? Morrit, 2: Willie (Wicky) Spence, 3: Adam Forsyth, 4: A. MacDonald, 5: D Urquhart, 6: J Wood, 7: Frankie MacBeath 1, 8: ??? Nicol 3, 9: J Sutherland, 10: ??? Moffat 2, 11: ??? Boal
Bench
Attendance
Match Report	Report from the North Star. Ross County 6 Royal Artillery 3 Played at Invergordon last Saturday, Ross County decisively turned the tables on the Artillery, which won the previous Saturday by 3 goals to 1. Thus County win the tie on the aggregate score of 7 goals to 6, and pass into the semi-final. On Saturday last the County team gave an excellent display, all players pulling their weight in a splendid team effort. Artillery had several Highland League players, but did not play so well together as a team. Perhaps the County's victory was due to the opportunism of Moffat and Nicol, who played a thrustful game throughout. In the first half County had three goals scored by Nicol. In rampant form the player had a magnificent afternoon's work. His goals were clever and smartly taken, giving goalkeeper Goodfellow no chance. The Artillery did not score during this half, which was decidedly Ross County's. On the resumption County had number four, scored by Macbeth. A long shot in from the wing completely deceived the keeper. Artillery now came into the picture and Main scored. The game livened up somewhat and Moffat increased County's lead to 5, to be followed shortly after by Reid scoring the Artillery's second point. County secured their sixth and last through Moffat. An excellent piece of individual play culminated in a powerful shot which went clear to the back of the net. Artillery, however, now pressed, and Urquhart, while attempting to clear a shot from Main, deflected the ball through his own goal. All over, the game was in favour of County, who were best served by Nicol, Moffat, Morrit and Spence. Although possessing strong individual players in Lawson, Main, Shaw and Mackay, the Artillery never seemed to play as a team, and were thus outclassed by a strong-going determined County eleven.