Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	The Accursed Huntsman 1973
Adjudicators:	Denis Carr , Bram Gay
Venue:	Free Trade Hall, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Blackburn and Darwen	Alec Evans	11	192
2	Kennedy's Swinton Concert	David King	4	189
3	Airquick (Newark) Ransome	David James	20	188
4	Lindley	Neil Jowett	22	187
5	Newham	Melvin White	12	186
6	Harrison Transport Rockingham	Graham O'Connor	1	184
	Kirkintilloch	Walter Barrow Hargreaves	2
	Luton	David Barron	3
	Thoresby Colliery Welfare	Keith Wilkinson	5
	Rhodian Brass	Murray Slater	6
	Halls Oxford Concert Brass	John Clark	7
	Aveley	Martin Heartfield	8
	Lockwood	Peter Kitson	9
	Ibstock Building Products	Roy Curran	10
	Brodsworth Colliery	Peter Parkes	13
	City of Sheffield	Unknown	14
	Jayess	Jim Shepherd	15
	Rochdale	Nicholas Childs	16
	National Smokeless Fuels	Derek Broadbent	17
	Cinderford Swanbrook	Cecil Chappell	18
	Greenall's Champion	Gordon Clough	19
	Roberts Bakery	Colin Cranson	21
W	Ancient Order of Foresters

Prizes - 1st £400, 2nd £300, 3rd £200, 4th £150.
22 bands competed