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British Open
1953
British Open
Date:
5 Sep 1953
Venue:
King's Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester
Adjudicator(s):
Dr Harold Hind, Dr Denis Wright, George Hespe
Test piece:
The Three Musketeers (George Hespe)
Pos
Band
Conductor
Draw
Points
1
National Brass Band of New Zealand
Ken G L Smith
14
194
2
Fairey Aviation Works
Harry Mortimer
15
192
3
Black Dyke Mills
Alex Mortimer
7
190
4
CWS (Manchester)
Jack Atherton
2
189
5
Fodens Motor Works
Harry Mortimer
9
185
6
Munn & Felton's Works
Stanley Boddington
18
181
Besses o' th' Barn
William Wood
16
Carlton Main Frickley Colliery
Alex Mortimer
6
Clayton Aniline Works
Edward Buttress
5
Edge Hill (British Railways)
Norman Jones
12
Hanwell Silver
George Thompson
8
Leyland Motors
Harold Moss
17
Prescot Cables Works
John Capper
1
Ransome & Marles Works
Harry Mortimer
3
Royston New Monckton Colliery Institute
William Foster
19
Rushden Temperance
William A Scholes
10
Wingates Temperance
Jack Eckersley
11
Woolley Colliery
L Davies
13
Yorkshire Copper Works
Alfred H Whitehead
4