Format:	Own Choice Test Piece Contest
Adjudicators:	Stanley Wainwright
Venue:	Belle Vue (Kings Hall), Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Points
1	Manchester Schools	Ernie Wedgewood		174
2	Sale and Ashton Youth	D. Smith		172
3	Norman Memorial Youth	Denis Smith		170
3	Skelmersdale County Secondary School	William Lyon		170
5	Trinity Girls Silver	Miss M. Stokes
6	Worsley Wardley Grammar School	W. F. Yeo

6 bands competed.
1st youth contest organised by Manchester District.