| Pos | Band | Conductor | Dr | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grimethorpe Colliery | G. Brand | 8 | 195 |
| 2 | Black Dyke Mills | P. Parkes | 11 | 193 |
| 3 | Fairey Engineering | H. Williams | 1 | 192 |
| 4 | Brighouse & Rastrick | J. Watson | 18 | 191 |
| 5 | Desford Colliery Dowty | H. Snell | 20 | 190 |
| 6 | Foden OTS | H. Snell | 21 | 189 |
| - | Andrews Heat For Hire | D. Carr | 19 | - |
| - | Bass Wingates | J. Scott | 22 | - |
| - | Besses o' th' Barn | R. Newsome | 10 | - |
| - | Brodsworth Colliery | I. Craddock | 17 | - |
| - | CWS (Manchester) | D. Garside | 16 | - |
| - | Carlton Main Frickley Colliery | K. Wadsworth | 9 | - |
| - | Cory | A. Kenney | 14 | - |
| - | Ever Ready (GB) | E. Cunningham | 6 | - |
| - | GUS | K. Wilkinson | 23 | - |
| - | Jaguar Cars (Coventry) | D. Blakeson | 4 | - |
| - | Jones & Crossland | S. Roberts | 5 | - |
| - | Leyland Vehicles | R. Evans | 7 | - |
| - | Murray International Whitburn | D. Broadbent | 3 | - |
| - | Rochdale Wilsons | R. Curran | 15 | - |
| - | Sun Life (Stanshawe) | B. Pope | 13 | - |
| - | William Davis Construction | J. Berryman | 12 | - |
| - | Yorkshire Imperial | J. Pryce Jones | 2 | - |
The contest was sponsored by the Daily Mirror Newspaper.
Prizes:
1st: £2,000 plus £2000 Guineas Gold Challenge Trophy, plus the Daily Mirror Trophy.
2nd: £1,250 plus the Frank Parker Memorial Cup.
3rd: £800 plus the Harry Mortimer Trophy.
4th: £550
5th: £450
6th: £350
Each member of the winning band received a specially engraved certificate.
The Iles Medal was awarded to Ieuan Morgan.
Rochdale Wilsons, Murray International Whitburn and Andrews Heat For Hire were not invited to the 1985 contest.
