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1966-10-22 Victorian Brass Band Championship

22nd October, 1966

Held at City Oval

B Grade

Inspection

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Victorian Railways Institute Brass Band	Melbourne	Victoria	176.00	1st
Burnie Citizens' Band	Burnie	Tasmania	175.00	2nd
Footscray Citizens' Band	Footscray	Victoria	173.00	3rd
Kew Citizens' Band	Kew	Victoria	168.00	4th

Test Piece

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Footscray Citizens' Band	Footscray	Victoria	94.00	1st
Burnie Citizens' Band	Burnie	Tasmania	92.00	2nd
Victorian Railways Institute Brass Band	Melbourne	Victoria	83.00	3rd
Kew Citizens' Band	Kew	Victoria	80.00	4th

Own Choice

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Victorian Railways Institute Brass Band	Melbourne	Victoria	93.00	1st
Kew Citizens' Band	Kew	Victoria	88.00	2nd
Burnie Citizens' Band	Burnie	Tasmania	83.00	3rd
Footscray Citizens' Band	Footscray	Victoria	79.00	4th

Quickstep

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Footscray Citizens' Band	Footscray	Victoria	175.00	1st
Victorian Railways Institute Brass Band	Melbourne	Victoria	174.00	2nd
Kew Citizens' Band	Kew	Victoria	170.00	3rd
Burnie Citizens' Band	Burnie	Tasmania	163.00	4th

Popular Number

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Burnie Citizens' Band	Burnie	Tasmania	90.00	1st
Victorian Railways Institute Brass Band	Melbourne	Victoria	89.00	2nd
Kew Citizens' Band	Kew	Victoria	83.00	3rd
Footscray Citizens' Band	Footscray	Victoria	79.00	4th

"B" Grade Awards

N. L. Harvey Trophy and Hugh Niven Perpetual Memorial Trophy for winner of Championship

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Victorian Railways Institute Brass Band	Melbourne	Victoria		Awarded To

Coburg Citizens' Band Trophy to bandmaster of the winning test piece

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
W.	Shea			Awarded To

A Grade

Inspection

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Footscray-Yarraville City Band	Footscray	Victoria	195.00	1st
Ballarat Soldiers Memorial Band	Ballarat	Victoria	195.00	2nd
Malvern Municipal Band	Malvern	Victoria	192.00	3rd
Melbourne Fire Brigade Band	Melbourne	Victoria	190.00	4th
Hawthorn City Band	Hawthorn	Victoria	185.00	None
Brunswick City Municipal Band	Brunswick	Victoria	183.00	None
St John's Ambulance Brigade Band	Melbourne	Victoria	178.00	None

Test Piece

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Footscray-Yarraville City Band	Footscray	Victoria	98.00	1st
Ballarat Soldiers Memorial Band	Ballarat	Victoria	97.00	2nd
Malvern Municipal Band	Malvern	Victoria	96.00	3rd
Melbourne Fire Brigade Band	Melbourne	Victoria	95.00	4th
Brunswick City Municipal Band	Brunswick	Victoria	93.00	None
St John's Ambulance Brigade Band	Melbourne	Victoria	90.00	None
Hawthorn City Band	Hawthorn	Victoria	89.00	None

Quickstep

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Footscray-Yarraville City Band	Footscray	Victoria	182.00	1st
Malvern Municipal Band	Malvern	Victoria	180.00	2nd
Ballarat Soldiers Memorial Band	Ballarat	Victoria	177.00	3rd
Melbourne Fire Brigade Band	Melbourne	Victoria	169.00	4th
Brunswick City Municipal Band	Brunswick	Victoria	165.00	None
Hawthorn City Band	Hawthorn	Victoria	162.00	None
St John's Ambulance Brigade Band	Melbourne	Victoria	135.00	None

Popular Number

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Malvern Municipal Band	Malvern	Victoria	94.00	1st
Hawthorn City Band	Hawthorn	Victoria	93.00	2nd
Brunswick City Municipal Band	Brunswick	Victoria	90.00	Equal 3rd
Ballarat Soldiers Memorial Band	Ballarat	Victoria	90.00	Equal 3rd
St John Ambulance Brigade Band	Melbourne	Victoria	89.00	None
Melbourne Fire Brigade Band	Melbourne	Victoria	89.00	None
Footscray-Yarraville City Band	Footscray	Victoria	88.00	None

Own Choice

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Ballarat Soldiers Memorial Band	Ballarat	Victoria	98.00	1st
Footscray-Yarraville City Band	Footscray	Victoria	97.00	2nd
Malvern Municipal Band	Malvern	Victoria	96.00	Equal 3rd
Hawthorn City Band	Hawthorn	Victoria	96.00	Equal 3rd
Melbourne Fire Brigade Band	Melbourne	Victoria	95.00	None
Brunswick City Municipal Band	Brunswick	Victoria	90.00	None
St John Ambulance Brigade Band	Melbourne	Victoria	86.00	None

A Grade & B Grade

Street Marches

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Malvern Municipal Band	Malvern	Victoria	96.00	1st
Ballarat Soldiers' Memorial Band	Ballarat	Victoria	93.00	2nd
Footscray-Yarraville City Band	Footscray	Victoria	92.00	3rd
Hawthorn City Band	Hawthorn	Victoria	91.00	4th
Brunswick City Municipal Band	Brunswick	Victoria	88.00	None
Melbourne Fire Brigade Band	Melbourne	Victoria	87.00	None
Footscray Citizens' Band	Footsray	Victoria	87.00	None
St John's Ambulance Brigade Band	Melbourne	Victoria	87.00	None
Burnie Citizens' Band	Burnie	Tasmania	86.00	None
Victorian Railways Institute Brass Band	Melbourne	Victoria	86.00	None
Kew Citizens' Band	Kew	Victoria	85.00	None

"A" Grade Awards

Carlton and United Breweries and N. L. Harvey Trophies for Championship winner

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Footscray-Yarraville City Band	Footscray	Victoria		Awarded To

F. C. Johnston Perpetual Memorial Shield for highest points in test piece

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Footscray-Yarraville City Band	Footscray	Victoria		Awarded To

W. S. May Perpetual Memorial Shield for highest points in Own Choice

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Ballarat Soldiers' Memorial Band	Ballarat	Victoria		Awarded To

Alfred Rowell Trophy to the bandmaster of the champion band

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Phil	Thorne				Awarded To