Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	In Switzerland 1953
Adjudicators:	Alfred Ashpole
Venue:	Belle Vue (Exhibition Hall), Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Middlewich Centenary Silver	R. Knott		182
2	Kirkbymoorside Town Brass	Les Maw	16	178
3	Knutsford & Crosstown SP	J. Burgess		177
4	Bullcroft Miners' Ambulance	James Woods		176
	Blackburn Valley	F. L. Wilcock
	Bury Silver Prize	Norman Barrett
	Castleton Silver	Brian Taylor
	Dove Holes Public	J. F. Fletcher
	Dudley Colliery Workmen's	A. Gibson
	Elland CEFA Youth	Walter Beevers
	Failsworth Boys' Prize	Les Harper
	Holborn Hill Royal Brass	R. Latimer (jnr)
	Holmes Mills	Walter Hargreaves
	Lincoln Borough Silver	Ellerby Cox
	Lowton Silver	G. Fahey
	Mansfield Borough Silver	A. W. Thompson
	Mickley Collery Workmen's	Eric Cunningham
	Newark Town	R. English
	Royal Buckley Town	L. Wilcock
	Sherburn in Elmet Old Boys'	Cyril Wilkinson
	Spenborough Victoria	Matthew Nevin
	Stone Town	Edwin Dixon
	Teesside Bridge & Eng Works	J. W. Dawson
	Ravensthorpe Subscription Prize	F. Haigh	19

First Prize: The Besson Challenge Cup and £12
Second Prize: £8
Third Prize: £6
Fourth Prize: £5