Date	Saturday, 07 February 1931
Competition	North of Scotland Cup
Fixture/Score	Ross County 8:1 Forres Mechanics
Venue	Victoria Park
Referee
Ross County
Manager	Johnny Hart
Starting 11	1: Peter Brett, 2: Roddie Munro, 3: Sonny MacKenzie, 4: Dick Traill, 5: Ackie Urquhart, 6: Paulo Grant 1, 7: Ackie MacKay, 8: Dave Cowie 2, 9: Ian Aird 5, 10: Johnny Hart, 11: Charlie Cameron
Bench
Attendance
Match Report	Report from the Ross-shire Journal. Ross County 8 Forres Mechanics 1 Ross County had a masterly win over Forres Mechanics at Dingwall on Saturday, in the first round of the North of Scotland Cup, of which trophy the County are at present holders, and by their display on Saturday, it looks as though they will retain it. The game started as if it were to be a stern struggle, but an early goal by Aird off a cross by Cameron knocked the life out of Forres. They fought back, but Trail, Urquhart, and Grant kept a tight grip on their forwards, while Munro and Mackenzie were ever ready to nip in and clear any likely breakthrough. With the score at three goals to nil—all scored by Aird—the County felt strongly entrenched. Aird added a fourth with the second half but 15 minutes gone, and Cowie snatched up another two, while Hart contributed still another, with Aird rounding off his day's work with yet another, making the total eight, five of which went to his own credit. Forres’ one goal came from a free kick. Brett failed to catch the ball, and when it rebounded off the post, Williamson scrambled it through. As the score indicates, Ross County were a team with a punch, and plenty of it. No fault could be found with them. Brett was good; Munro and Mackenzie brilliant, while it was most gratifying to see Urquhart fit in so well to the centre-half position. His display was beyond reproach. Both in defence and attack he was brilliantly clever, while his head work was marvellous and showed uncanny anticipation. Trail had a hard passage against Duncan to start off with, but soon asserted his weight and quickly subdued that clever winger. Grant gave his usual polished display, and in covering up Urquhart when the latter was forcing play, was very clever; a great footballer is Grant! To single out any forward for special mention would be invidious. Both as a line and individually, they could not be improved upon. The County can now make ground quickly on both wings, a part of the attack in which they were previously very slack. Hart won his way into the Ross-shire hearts as a centre-half; as an inside forward he will more than retain his place there. With his advent into the attack, fire—and an abundance of it—has been added to the line. Always scheming, he opens up the game to splendid effect, while in making openings he excels. Fourteen goals against three in two matches, and that against elevens who have twice beaten them this year, shows the extent of Ross County’s improvement. What more need be said! Brander, the inside left of Forres, sustained an ankle injury in the first half, and although pluckily resuming, had to finally retire. This handicapped Forres, but it is doubtful if it made very much difference to the result.