Format:	Own Choice Test Piece Contest
Adjudicators:	Edward Buttress
Venue:	Civic Hall, Lowton, Lancashire

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Draw	Points
1	Haigh Prize	William Haydock	Indian Summer 1950	9	183
2	Golborne Public	Joe Houlton	Othello	2	182
3	Rivington and Adlington	John Broomhead	La Favorita	3	178
4	North Ashton Prize	Leslie Naylor	Snowdon Fantasy 1955	5	174
	Hindley Subscription	Fred Whittle	The Barber of Seville - selection	1
	Bolton Borough	Colin Moore	Petite Suite de Ballet 1949	4
	Darwen British Legion	Albert Walmsley	Homage to Pharaoh	6
	Kearsley Silver	C. Jeffries	Moses in Egypt (arr. J. A. Greenwood)	7
	Trinity Girls	John Newbigging	Passing Moods	8
	Norman Memorial	Unknown		10

Prizes - 1st £10 and trophy, 2nd £6 and trophy, 3rd £4 and trophy, 4th cup.
Best cornet, euphonium and trombone - Haigh.
Best horn - Golborne.
Best basses - Rivington and Adlington.
10 bands competed.