Australian Championships (A Grade)

	Australian Championships (B Grade) 1920
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Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Set Test	Own Choice	Total
1	Newtown Band (NSW)	Ernest Kerry	The Valkyrie	207	194	401
2	Newcastle Municipal (Vic)	Henry Kerry	Oberon [unknown arranger]	194	186	380
3	Leichhardt District (NSW)	Tom Goodall	Beethoven [arr. Round]	189	180	369
4	Lidcombe Borough (NSW)	Ernest Kerry	Oberon [unknown arranger]	191	175	366
5	Dulwich Hill Citizens	J. H. Berry	Heroic	174	176	350
6	St.George District (NSW)	Les Smith	L'Africaine [arr. Grosse]	170	170	340
7	Rockdale Municipal (NSW)	Charles Walker	Heroic	167	160	327
W	South Sydney Model (NSW)		The Valkyrie		191	191

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percussion

SOUTH SYDNEY WITHDREW: M. M Edwards (secretary ) said last night in view of the decision: "It has been unanimously decided by the band to take no further part in the contest. When we went to Ballarat in October, under one of the best judges in Australia we secured 6 points off possible; here we are awarded 59 points off possible. We intend to challenge the winners at the conclusion of the contest."

IN REPLY: South Sydney have announced their withdrawal owing to dissatisfaction with the award of the adjudicator. It is more likely, however an altogether different reason. As Secretary of the Band Association I officially notified the band at the conclusion of their playing on the first night I intended to lodge a protest on the grounds when called upon under contest rules one of their players refused to make a statutory declaration to the effect that the name he played under was his own and not a false one .
It was probably the fear of disqualification had more to do with the withdrawal than the award of the judge
Signed George A Burges
Secretary of the Band Association of NSW