Format:	March Contest (Music and Inspection Points)
Adjudicators:	Norm Henstridge , L. Rowlands
Venue:	Ballarat Oval, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Draw	Points
1	Malvern Municipal	Wilf Dyason		3	95
2	Hawthorn City	Laurie Hicks		7	94
3	Preston Municipal	Charles Smith		5	93
	Geelong Municipal	Paul Cerezo		1
	St.John Ambulance -- Adelaide (SA)	Harold Walmsley		2
	Dandenong Municipal	Ken Cossens		6
W	Footscray Yarraville

Due to inclement weather bands were unable to participate in the quickstep march on the oval.
Subsequently bands were inspected and played their quickstep march indoors from the stage of the in the City Hall.