Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Rhapsody on Negro Spirituals 1949
Adjudicators:	Eric Ball
Venue:	Albert Hall, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	West Riding County Fire Service	Stuart Garside	5	182
2	Long Eaton Silver Prize	Arthur Marshall	2	180
3	Towcester Studio	William Scholes	12	179
4	Corby Silver Prize	John Baldwin	6	178
	Brigg Town Silver	Gerald Benson	1
	Shirland Miners' Welfare	Doug Carlin	3
	Carlton Silver	D. Gilding	4
	Ratby Silver	John Bancroft	7
	Teversal Collieries Welfare	Bernard Wilson	9
	Kirton Brass	Jack Mather	10
	Loughborough Borough Prize	Bud Fisher	11
W	Hickleton Main Welfare

Fourth Annual Contest organised by Bestwood Colliery Black Diamonds Band