| Pos | Band | Conductor | Dr | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Williams Fairey | P. Parkes | 16 | 198 |
| 2 | Black Dyke Mills | J. Watson | 7 | 194 |
| 3 | CWS Glasgow | F. Violet | 2 | 193 |
| 4 | Marple | G. Cutt | 17 | 191 |
| 5 | BNFL Leyland | R. Evans | 10 | 190 |
| 6 | Wingates | J. Hudson | 14 | 189 |
| 7 | Stocksbridge | K. Bolton | 21 | 188 |
| 8 | Rigid Containers GUS | J. Berryman | 11 | 187 |
| 9 | Grimethorpe Colliery | F. Renton | 18 | 186 |
| 10 | Brighouse and Rastrick | A. Withington | 8 | 185 |
| 11 | Britannia Building Society Fodens | H. Snell | 4 | 184 |
| 12 | Yorkshire Imperial | A. Exley | 15 | 183 |
| 13 | Desford Colliery | S. Roberts | 13 | 182 |
| 14 | Yorkshire Building Society | D. Marshall | 3 | 180 |
| 15 | Sun Life | R. Newsome | 19 | 179 |
| 16 | Sellers Engineering | P. McCann | 13 | 178 |
| 17 | William Davis Construction | K. Wilkinson | 9 | 176 |
| 18 | Avesta Sheffield Dodworth | G. O'Conner | 5 | 174 |
| 19 | Besses o' th' Barn | T. Halliwell | 20 | 173 |
| 20 | Point of Ayr | B. Sagstad | 12 | 172 |
| 21 | Stalybridge Old | D. Broadbent | 22 | 171 |
| 22 | Rhodian | A. Lawton | 1 | 170 |
Prizes:
1st: '2,500 plus the British Open Challenge Trophy and the Belle Vue Challenge Cup.
2nd: '2,000 plus the Frank Parker Memorial Cup.
3rd: '1,500 plus the Harry Mortimer Trophy.
4th: '1,000 plus the Edrich Siebert Memorial Trophy.
5th: '500
6th: '400
The Iles Medal was awarded to Elgar Howarth.
The winning conductor, Major Peter Parkes was awarded the Mortimer Maestro Trophy.
The Best Soloist, Ian Peters, Euphonium, Williams Fairey, won the Stanley Wainwright Memorial Trophy plus '100.
Stalybridge Old and Yorkshire Building Society were relegated.
