Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Overture for an Epic Occasion 1945
Adjudicators:	A. W. Parker , Frank Wright
Venue:	Belle Vue, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Prescot Cable Works	John Capper		174
2	Pemberton Old	James Fairhurst		170
3	ICI Alkali	Alex Mortimer		167
4	Denton Original	Harry Mallinder		143
5	Easington Colliery	W. H. Gelson		158
	Appleby Frodingham Steel Works	William H. Kendall
	Avro Works	Stanley Rowe
	Bradford Victoria	Tom Atkinson
	Burnage and District	Elgar Clayton
	Clayton Aniline Works	Edward Buttress
	Lindley	Tim Wadsworth
	Manvers and Barnborough	A. Barnett
	New Mills Old	Timothy Beard
	Prestwich Borough	Percy Fielding Greenwood
	Royston New Monckton Colliery Inst.	William Foster
	Stanley Wakefield	Percy Holgate
	Stockport LMS	R. Mulholland
	Street Fold Methodist	Elgar Clayton
	Goodshaw	Ernest Kershaw	2

19 bands competed