Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	In Switzerland 1953
Adjudicators:	Harold Moss
Venue:	Belle Vue, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Eckington United	Harold Barker	3	186
2	Dannemora Steel Works	Arthur Barlow	1	180
3	Water Prize	Jack Disley	5	176
4	Coppull Subscription	Harry Bentham	16	175
	Harpur Hill	R. Orritt	2
	Ibstock United Silver	J. J. Measures	4
	Maltby St.John Ambulance	C. Allison	6
	Dunham Woodhouses	Alfred Smith	7
	Stubbins Vale Prize	Robert Bennett	8
	Bullcroft Miners	James Woods	9
	Haslingden Borough Prize	Joseph McQuilton	10
	Rossington Main Colliery Welfare	W. Biggs	11
	Edgeley Prize	Harold Bennett	12
	Burnhope Colliery Welfare	Robert Allen	13
	Leek B.L.	Mr. Hughes	14
	Black Dyke Mills Junior	Hubert Hepworth	15
	Kearsley Silver	John Higginbottom	17

17 bands competed