 Back in their traditional colours of red and white, St. Duthus resumed competition in 1947, combining their own pre-war committee with war-time outfit Eastern Rose F.C., who had played for one season in the Ross-shire Junior League in 1946.From 1947 onwards, St. Duthus FC competed as a member of the Ross-shire Junior League until the league was reformed in the late 1950s as the Ross-shire Welfare League.The club won its first Ross-shire Welfare League title in 1955.