Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Themes from Symphony No. 5 [Beethoven]
Adjudicators:	Herbert Bennett , Henry Geehl
Venue:	Belle Vue, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Bickershaw Colliery	William Haydock	17	194
2	Fairey Aviation	Harry Mortimer	20	192
3	Creswell Colliery	Harold Moss	19	190
4	Brighouse & Rastrick	Harry Mortimer	16	187
5	Barrow Shipyard	Herbert Sutcliffe	6	182
6	Yorkshire Copperworks	Nathan Sidebottom	14	180
	Carlton Main Frickley Colliery	Albert Badrick	1
	Gawthorpe Victoria	Harold Kemp	2
	City of Coventry	Harry Heyes	3
	Sankey's Castle Works	Cyril Yorath	4
	Halifax Home Guard	Tom Casson	5
	Grimethorpe Colliery	George Thompson	7
	ICI (Alkali)	Fred Mortimer	8
	Harton Colliery	Jack Atherton	9
	Chopwell Colliery	Harry Mileman	10
	Horwich Old	Arthur Hazelhurst	11
	Cory	Reg Little	12
	North Seaton	J. Foulds	13
	Parkhead Forge (Glasgow)	George Hawkins	15
	Crookhall Colliery	J. J. Stobbs	18
	CWS (Manchester)	Albert E. Rayner	21
W	Crossley Brothers
W	Fairfield (Buxton)

Tom Eastwood was appointed referee.

Prizes:

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

The winning band performed a short concert after the presentation of the prizes, as well as a broadcast on the BBC on 5th September.