Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Diadem of Gold 1953
Adjudicators:	Frank Wright
Venue:	Civic Hall, Worsley, Manchester

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	CWS (Manchester)	Alex Mortimer	5	190
2	Cammell Laird	James Scott	4	187
3	Mirrlees Works	Jack Atherton	1	185
4	Wingates Temperance	Hugh Parry	4	183
	Mossley	Richard Evans	2
	Poynton	G. T. Shawcross	3
	Besses o th Barn	Bram Gay	6
W	Edge Hill (B.R.)
W	Greenway Moor

7 bands competed.