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British Open

Sat 03 Sep 1955



Format: Test Piece Contest
Test Piece: Sinfonietta for Brass Band [Leidzen] 1955
Adjudicators: Walter Barrow Hargreaves , Erik Leidzen , Denis Wright
Venue: Belle Vue, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Position Band Conductor Draw Points
1 Ferodo Works George Hespe 9 190
2 John White Footwear George Thompson 10 186
3 CWS (Manchester) Alex Mortimer 6 184
4 Ransome & Marles Eric Ball 3 182
5 YEWCO Albert Lunn 15 178
6 Rushden Temperance William Scholes 7 170
Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Jack Atherton 1
Markham Main Edwin Griffiths 2
Besses o' th' Barn Willie Wood 4
Barrow Shipyard Herbert Sutcliffe 5
Leyland Motors Harold Moss 8
Wingates Temperance Hugh Parry 11
Clayton Aniline Edward Buttress 12
Edge Hill William Yates 13
Yorkshire Copperworks Willie Wood 14
Cory Stan Brown 16

Prizes:

1st: 150 plus 2,000 Gold Trophy plus '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 Stanley Boddington.

(Courtesy of www.4barsrest.com)





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