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British Open
1955
British Open
Date:
3 Sep 1955
Venue:
King's Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester
Adjudicator(s):
Erik Leidzen, Walter Hargreaves, Dr Denis Wright
Test piece:
Sinfonietta for Brass Band (Erik Leidzen)
Pos
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 Works
David Aspinall
3
182
5
YEWCO Works
Albert Lunn
15
178
6
Rushden Temperance
William A Scholes
7
170
Barrow Shipyard
Herbert Sutcliffe
5
Besses o' th' Barn
William Wood
4
Carlton Main Frickley Colliery
Jack Atherton
1
Clayton Aniline Works
Edward Buttress
12
Cory Workmen's
E Stanley Brown
16
Edge Hill (British Railways)
William H Yates
13
Leyland Motors
Harold Moss
8
Markham Main Colliery
Edwin Griffiths
2
Wingates Temperance
Hugh Parry
11
Yorkshire Copper Works
William Wood
14