Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Second Rhapsody on Negro Spirituals 1954
Adjudicators:	Stanley Wainwright
Venue:	Bowburn Community Centre, County Durham

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Barnard Castle Town	Peter Hartley	4	178
2	Cockerton Silver	S. Morris	1	176
3	Billingham Silver	D. J. Evans	3	174
4	Brancepeth Welfare	J. W. Ainsley	2
W	Bearpark and Esh Colliery
W	Peterlee Town
W	Silksworth Colliery

Prizes - 1st £30 and cup, 2nd £20 and rose bowl, 3rd £15.
4 bands competed.