Australian Championships (A Grade)

	Australian Championships (B Grade) 1922
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Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Set Test Draw	Own Choice Draw	Set Test	Own Choice	Total
2	Eastern Suburbs United (NSW)	H. W. Webb	Extracts from the Opera's of Wagner (arr Round) / Stiffelio	1	3	157	157	314
2	Leichhardt District (NSW)	Ernest Kerry	Beethoven's Works (arr Owens) / Extracts from the Operas of Weber	4	2	175	185	360
3	Hurstville Municipal (NSW)	Stan Nichols	Tannhauser / Beethovens Works (arr Owens)	2	5	150	152	302
D	Newcastle Municipal (NSW)	Henry E. Kerry	Beethoven's Works (arr Gladney) / Oberon	3	1	186	189	375
D	South Sydney Model (NSW)	William Partington	Beethoven Works (arr Owens) / Tristan & Isolde	5	4	190	194	384

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percussion

Two own choice selections, no set test.

PROTESTS : The championship ended in turmoil with a number of protests lodged . The initial lodged by Newcastle against South Sydney who were alleged to have played a professional player . Upheld
The secretary of the Band Association of N S W ( George Burges ) immediately lodged a protest against the Newcastle band on the same grounds . Upheld
A further protest followed against Eastern Suburbs for breach of contest rules .
Leichhardt was then awarded the championship with Hurstville 2nd with no 3rd place .
South Sydney objected to Hurstville being awarded 2nd place on the grounds the Association allowed it to play a professional cornetist and also a protest had been lodged against Leichhardt
The protest against Eastern Suburbs and Leichhardt were dismissed
The Association under an avalanche of protests seriously considered declaring it a no contest . A final decision was made 1st Leichhardt District ; 2nd Eastern Suburbs United ; 3rd Hurstville Municipal