Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Call of the Sea 1953
Adjudicators:	Terry Hext
Venue:	Town Hall, Yeadon, Yorkshire

Position	Band	Conductor	Points
1	Bedford Church	Peter Heyes	190
2	Houghton Main Colliery	Tom Paulin	188
3	Whitworth Vale and Healey	Dave Morris	186
4	Chesterfield and District	Peter Thompson	182
5	Agecroft Colliery	J. Tomlins	180
6	Carlton Main Frickley Youth	Brian Till	179
	Barrow Concert	Malcolm Scales
	Croft Silver	D. Hughes
	Hambleton Brass	Graham Walker
	Hessle Royal British Legion	Dixon Laing
	Honley Silver	Jeffrey Turner
	Leeds City	Fred Argyle
	Micklefield Brass	Sid Rollin
	Old Silkstone	Stanley O'Connor
	Ryhope Colliery	John Bell
W	Friendly

Prizes - 1st £300, 2nd £150, 3rd £75.
2nd annual contest.
15 bands competed.