Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	The Three Musketeers 1953
Adjudicators:	Frank Wright
Venue:	Belle Vue (Kings Hall), Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Oldham Band	Leonard Lamb	2	179
2	Appleby Frodingham Works	William H. Kendall	8	177
3	Slaithwaite	James Hickman	6	174
4	Lindley	Peter Wadsworth	9	172
5	Prince Smith and Stells	Reubon Lightfoot	4	171
6	A.T.M. Works	Norman Jones	7	169
	Eccles Borough	E. Bradshaw	1
	Beswick Prize	Albert Risby	3
	Fisher and Ludlow Works	M. Clayton	5
	Bolsover Colliery Welfare	S. Jennings	10
	Goodshaw	Ernest Kershaw	11
W	Barrow Iron and Steel Works
W	Ferodo Works
W	Moderna Blanket Works

14 bands entered, 11 bands competed.