Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Call of the Sea 1953
Adjudicators:	Samuel Balmforth Wood
Venue:	Langlands Primary School (Hall), Forfar, Angus, Scotland, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Gartsherrie Silver	John Wardlaw		181
2	Newtongrange Lothian	Albert Badrick		179
3	Cowdenbeath Public	David Paton	8	178
4	Alva Town	Charles Telfer	3	177
5	St. Margaret's Old	David Fairweather		175
5	Barrhead Burgh	Dugald MacBrayne	5	175
6	Dysart Colliery	B. Ainslie	2	172
8	Stoneywood Works	Stewart Watson		168

8 bands played.

In this year a separate Scottish Area Qualifying contest was held, in the usual February slot in Edinburgh; this separated Scottish Championship contest moved to May.