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British Open

Date: 6 Sep 1958
Venue: King's Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester
Adjudicator(s): Dr Denis Wright, Harry Heyes, Tom J Powell
Test piece: A Sunset Rhapsody (Eric Ball)

Pos Band Conductor Draw Points
1 Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Jack Atherton 5 193 Flag
2 Besses o' th' Barn William Wood 3 188 Flag
3 Black Dyke Mills Major George H Willcocks 2 187 Flag
4 Fodens Motor Works Rex Mortimer 1 185 Flag
5 Morris Motors Stanley Boddington 4 183 Flag
6 Creswell Colliery Welfare (Rexco) George Thompson 6 181 Flag

17 bands played earlier in the day (see qualifying round here) and 6 bands were chosen by the adjudicators to play again

A fresh draw for order of play was held and the bands performed the set test piece again to decide the 1958 British Open winners