Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Ajanta (The Forgotten Maiden) 1955
Adjudicators:	Samuel Balmforth Wood
Venue:	Winter Gardens (Pavilion Theatre), Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Grimethorpe Colliery Juniors	William Lippeatt	4	189
2	Kippax Old	N. Morley	8	187
3	Desford Colliery	Bernard Springett	10	186
4	Cowdenbeath Public	David Paton	9	185
	Pelton Fell Workmans	George Holden	1
	Rhymney Workmens	Richard Nash	2
	Ellington Colliery	A. Cowton	3
	Esh Colliery	Thompson Minnis	5
	Dearham United Miners	Joe Ireland	6
	Snowdown Colliery	S. A. Howells	7
	Clock Face & Sutton Manor	J. D. Robinson	11
	Shirland Miners	Doug Carlin	12
	Ystradgynlais Silver	Walter White	13

6th annual contest