Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Rhapsody on Negro Spirituals 1949
Adjudicators:	H. Ryder
Venue:	Community Hall, Pelton Fell, County Durham

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Morrison and Busty Colliery	Gilbert Brown	10	185
2	Burnhope Colliery	J. J. Stobbs	4	183
3	Cockerton Silver	S. Morris	1	180
	Handen Hold Colliery	W. H. McLean	3
	Brancepeth Colliery	Unknown	5
	Marske Silver	J. Kitching	6
	Newton Aycliffe Town	George Holden	7
	Whitworth and Spennymoor	Unknown	8
	Pelton Fell Workmens	George Holden	9
	Fishburn Colliery	William Makepeace	11
	Stanhope Silver	Jack Woodhall	12

Prizes - 1st £18 and cup, 2nd £10 and rose bowl, 3rd £5.
12 bands competed.