New Zealand Brass Bands Contest, 1952, Dunedin
1. Championship Grade: 1st test Tone Poem: "The Conquerors" (Eric Ball), Kaikorai Brass. Placing: Third
2. Championship Grade: 1st test Tone Poem: "The Conquerors" (Eric Ball), St Kilda. Placing: First
3. Championship Grade: 2nd test "Theme From Symphony No. 5" (Tschaikowsky, arr. Ball), Kaikorai Brass Band. Placing: Second
4. Championship Grade: 2nd test "Theme From Symphony No. 5" (Tschaikowsky, arr. Ball), Hawera Municipal Band. Placing: First
5. "B" Grade: 1st test "Petit Suite De Ballet" (Eric Ball) Masterton Municipal Band. Placing: First
6. "B" Grade:1st test "Petit Suite De Ballet" (Eric Ball), Crichton Cobbers (Christchurch). Placing: Third
7. "C" Grade:1st Test Suite: "Hitchingbrooke" by Ashpole, Gore Municipal Band. Placing: Second
8. "C" Grade:1st Test Suite: "Hitchingbrooke" by Ashpole, Caversham Citizens. Placing: First
9. Soprano Cornet solo "Pegasus" Drake Rimmer, N. Thorne, Kaikorai Brass Band. Placing: First
10. "B" Grade - Hymn Test "Crimond", Crichton Cobbers (Christchurch). Placing: none
11. Cornet (Championship) "My Old Kentucky Home" (Hartmann), D.S. Christensen, Woolston Brass Band. Placing: First
12. Championship Grade: 2nd test "Theme From Symphony No. 5" (Tschaikowsky, arr. Ball), Hawera Municipal Band. Placing: First
13. Bb Bass Solo "A Modern Lullaby" by Newton. Winner: K. E. Oliver, Ashburton Silver Band
14. Cornet (Amateur) "The Southern Cross" - (Herbert L. Clarke). Winner: B. A. Scrivener, Woolston Brass Band
15. E flat Bass solo “Romance Bohemian” by Ord-Hume. Winner: D. C. Withell, Timaru Municipal Band
16. "A" Grade Test Sandon "Abide With Me", Timaru Municipal Band. Placing: None
17. Duets: “On The Mountain Top” by Barnhouse. Winner: R. & A. Francis (Port Nicolson Silver)
18. Symphonic poem - "Coriolanus" (Jenkins), Gisbourne City Silver. Placing: Third