Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Call of the Sea 1953
Adjudicators:	Eric Ball
Venue:	Central Mission, Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Storeys of Lancaster	Arthur Brownbill	9	179
2	Farnworth Old	Wright Hurst	5	169
3	Chapel-en-le-Frith	J. A. Cooke	10	168
	Eccles Borough	E. Bradshaw	1
	Stretford Old	Ronald Yarwood	2
	Cheetham Hill Public	Fred Bonelli	3
	Longridge	J. A. Hughes	4
	Dobcross	Jimmy Platt	6
	Middlewich Centenary	Albert Statham	7
	Pemberton Old	James Fairhurst	8
	ATM Liverpool	G. A. Gardener	11

Result also used as the NWABBA annual championship.
11 bands competed.