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British Open

Sat 04 Sep 1954



Format: Test Piece Contest
Test Piece: Tournament for Brass 1954
Adjudicators: Henry Geehl , Harold Hind , Denis Wright
Venue: Belle Vue, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Position Band Conductor Draw Points
1 Munn & Feltons Stanley Boddington 1 194
2 Ferodo Works George Hespe 11 190
3 John White Footwear George Thompson 16 188
4 Ransome & Marles Eric Ball 7 184
5 CWS (Manchester) Alex Mortimer 4 180
6 Clayton Aniline Edward Buttress 9 177
Grimethorpe Colliery Andrew Owenson 2 0
Wingates Temperance Hugh Parry 3 0
Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Jack Atherton 5 0
Edge Hill William Yates 6 0
Leyland Motors Harold Moss 8 173
Yorkshire Copperworks Willie Wood 10 0
Prescot Cables John Capper 12 0
Oldham Leonard Lamb 13 0
Rushden Temperance William Scholes 14 0
Barrow Shipyard Herbert Sutcliffe 15 0
Lewis Merthyr Oliver Jones 17 0
YEWCO Albert Lunn 18 0
Besses o' th' Barn Willie Wood 19 0
W Fairey Aviation Works

Prizes:

1st: 150 plus 2,000 Gold Trophy plus the 'Sunday Chronicle' Trophy.
2nd: 120 plus The Frank Parker Memorial Cup.
3rd: 80
4th: 50
5th: 30
6th: 20

Each member of the winning band received engraved certificates.

The test piece was specially composed for the contest.

The Iles Medal was presented to Eric Ball.

(Courtesy of 4barsrest.com)





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