Four qualifiers were in held in March at Beverley, Liverpool (Pier Head), Rotherham and Shrewsbury. The following teams made it through to the Redcliffe final:

• Ancient Society of College Youths
• Birmingham
• Bristol
• Cambridge
• Exeter
• Guildford
• St Paul’s Cathedral
• Society of Royal Cumberland Youths
• York

Bristol had a bye to the final, as they hosted.