Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	A Kensington Concerto 1972
Adjudicators:	Eric Ball , Havelock Nelson , Vilem Tausky
Venue:	Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Black Dyke Mills	Geoffrey Brand	7	96
2	GUS	Stanley Boddington	15	93
3	Grimethorpe Colliery	Elgar Howarth	14	91
4	Hammonds Sauce	Geoffrey Whitham	16	89
5	Cory	Arthur Kenney	8	88
6	Desford Colliery	Ernest Woodhouse	12	87
8	Brighouse & Rastrick	Walter Barrow Hargreaves	17	0
14	Camborne	Derek Johnston	24	0
	Fairey	Kenneth Dennison	1	0
	Morris Concert	Walter Barrow Hargreaves	2	0
	C.W.S. (Manchester)	Alex Mortimer	3	0
	Rogerstone	C. Brian Buckley	4	0
	Hanwell	Eric Bravington	5	0
	Rochdale	James Scott	6	0
	Whitburn Burgh	Alex Fleming	9	0
	British Ropes Excelsior	Haydn White	10	0
	Wingates Temperance	Denis Smith	11	0
	Besses o' th' Barn	Frank Bryce	13	0
	Fodens Motor Works	Rex Mortimer	18	0
	Ever Ready	Eric Cunningham	19	0
	City of Coventry	Albert Chappell	20	0
	St. Austell	Fred J. Roberts	21	0
	Yorkshire Imperial	Trevor Walmsley	22	0
	Patchogue Plymouth	Cecil Peacock	23	0
	Dalmellington	Allan Street	25	0

A Baton of Honour was presented to the winning conductor.
The Insignia of Honour was awarded to Norman Ashcroft.