Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Egmont [arr. Ball] 1949
Adjudicators:	Alan Lawton
Venue:	Guild Hall, Preston, Lancashire, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Ifton Welfare	M. W. Denny	11	184
2	Oldham Music Centre	Martyn Evans	3	182
3	Southport St. Johns	Graham Kitchen	9	181
	Prescot	K. Lawton	1
	Ashton under Lyne	T. Johnson	2
	HMF Micklehurst	Steven Booth	4
	Burbage Buxton	Barry Thompson	5
	Hollingworth	G. H. Hudson	6
	Holywell	Philip Mottershead	7
	Denton Original	R. L. Jackson	8
	Flookburgh Silver	B. R. Purser	10
	Fairfield	Charles Kitchen	12
	Trinity Girls	Mervin Hughes	13

Prizes - 1st £120 and trophy, 2nd £80 and trophy, 3rd £60.
41st annual contest.