Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Call of the Sea 1953
Adjudicators:	Jon Hall
Venue:	Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Corby Beanfield School	Donald Manning	14	191
2	Carlton Silver	Bernard Nolan	10	190
3	Dudley District	J. Walker	1	189
	Croft Silver	D. Hughes	2
	Matlock	Murray Slater	3
	Long Lea Valley	Royce Pritchett	4
	Cleethorpes	Albert Weston	5
	Rolls Royce (Derby)	Dennis Elliott	6
	Wigston Temperance	Robert Gallacher	7
	Raunds Temperance	A. A. Turney	8
	Staveley Works	Edgar Kennedy	9
	Amington	James H. Howe	11
	Hathern	Ralph Blackett	12
	Dunchurch Silver	John Talbot	13
	Tideswell	A. G. Jackson	15
	Newark Town	Jack Mather	16
	South Derbyshire Miners	Edward Massey	17
	Avonbank	K. Booth	18
	Ilkeston Brass	Alan Tyler	19
	City of Leicester C & I.	John Talbot	20
	Brigg	Vincent East	21
	Bilton Silver	D. Game	22
	Daventry Silver	Ken May	23
W	Stamford Town

23 bands competed.