British Open, 5th Sep 1942

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Position	Band	Conductor	Test Piece	Draw	Points
1	Fairey Aviation	Harry Mortimer	Pageantry	9	185
2	Bickershaw Colliery	William Haydock	Pageantry	11	182
3	City of Coventry	Harry Heyes	Lorenzo	6	175
4	Brighouse & Rastrick	Harry Mortimer	Lorenzo	13	173
5	Creswell Colliery	Harold Moss	Pageantry	5	170
6	Yorkshire Copperworks	J. Elliott	Lorenzo	7	167
	Sankey's Castle Works	J. A. Greenwood	Lorenzo	8
	Grimethorpe Colliery	George Thompson	Lorenzo	10
	Firbeck Colliery	A. Hilton	Pageantry	4
	Cory	R. Little	Lorenzo	3
	Harton Colliery	Jack Atherton	Lorenzo	16
	Horden Colliery	John Dennis Scoins	Lorenzo	12
	ICI (Alkali)	Harry Mortimer	Lorenzo	14
	Parc & Dare	H. Bebb	Pageantry	2
	Pemberton Old	James Fairhurst	Lorenzo	17
	Barrow Shipyard	Herbert Sutcliffe	Lorenzo	1
	Carlton Main Frickley	Albert Badrick	Pageantry	15
W	Crookhall Colliery
W	Platt's Moston Colliery

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James Brier was appointed referee.

The bands who performed "Pageantry" did not have to perform the second movement, "Cortege".

Prizes:

1st: 50 plus 2000 Gold Trophy plus the "Sunday Chronicle" Trophy
2nd: 20
3rd: 12
4th: 8
5th: 6
6th: 4

A Gold Medal valued at 2 Guineas was presented to each top six band.

The winning band gave a short concert after the presentation of the prizes, that included a selection of their own choice and a hymn tune as well as a BBC broadcast on the 26th September.

At the end of the contest, Miss Gracie Cole, winner of the Alexander Owen Memorial Scholorship played a solo with Grimethorpe Colliery Band.

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Average distance: 56.5 mi / 90.9 km