| Format: | Test Piece Contest |
|---|---|
| Test Piece: | La Favorita |
| Adjudicators: | Herbert Bennett |
| Venue: | Cricket Field, Bath Road, Newcastle |
| Position | Band | Conductor |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Brancepeth Colliery
|
J. B. Wright |
| 2 |
Wallsend Colliery
|
Jack Boddice |
| 3 |
Urpeth Colliery
|
James Young |
| 4 |
Middlesbrough Borough
|
James Wilson |
| 5 |
Backworth Colliery
|
George Hawkins |
|
St. Hilda Colliery (New)
|
Unknown |
14 bands competed
Prizes 1st £20 and cup, 2nd £14 and shield, 3rd £8, 4th £5, 5th £2.
March contest 1st (£2) Hetton Silver, 2nd(£1) Brancepeth.
Deportment: 1. St Hilda, 2. Hetton
Best trombone and euphonium - Wallsend, best cornet and horn - Brancepeth.
Sponsored by Newcastle Evening Chronicle.
Source The Musical Progress and Mail August 1931.