Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	English Folk Song Suite 1956
Adjudicators:	Harry Heyes
Venue:	Drill Hall, Powell Street, Wigan

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Skelmersdale Temperance	William Lyon	20	193
2	Hade Edge	Harold Swallow	7	191
3	Whaley Bridge	J. T. Bamford	6	189
4	Hoggarths	James Eddowes	12	186
	Golborne Prize	James Mort	1
	Linthwaite Silver	John Willie Morley	2
	Tyldesley Prize	Fred Martland	3
	Tintwistle Public	Jim Belfield	4
	Rolls Royce Works	J. Hudier	5
	North Ashton	Leslie Naylor	8
	Haydock Colliery	E. Stirrup	9
	Hepworth Silver	George Kaye	10
	Leigh Silver	Harry Foxwell	11
	Marsden Musical Institute	Stuart Garside	13
	Prescot Parish Church	A. T. Cull	14
	Holme Silver	Harold Swallow	15
	Blackrod Public	E. Spibey	16
	Lower Ince Temperance	T. Morgan	17
	Dove Holes Public	E. Castledge	18
	Crooke Miners Welfare	Fred Moss	19
	Bolton Borough	J. R. Cannon	21
	Hinchcliffe Mill	Willie Kaye	22
	Eagley Mills	Ernie Appleyard	23

Prizes -
1st £30 and trophy,
2nd £15 and trophy,
3rd £8 and trophy,
4th £4 and trophy
7th annual contest promoted by Haigh Band
23 bands competed.