Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Nil Desperandum 1890
Adjudicators:	Henry Nicholson
Venue:	Floral Hall, Leicester

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw
1	Leeds Forge	Alexander Owen	14
2	Hanley Town	Alexander Owen	15
3	Hucknall Excelsior Temperance	Albert Pounder	3
4	Derby United	Alfred R. Seddon	2
	Earls Barton Old	Alexander Owen	1
	Wyke Temperance	Edwin Swift	4
	Kettering Rifle Band	Alexander Owen	5
	Batley Old	John Gladney	6
	South Notts Temperance	George Hames	7
	Northampton Temperance	Alexander Owen	8
	Long Eaton Temperance	George Hames	9
	Rothwell Town Band	Thomas Hill	10
	Rushden National School Band	Alexander Owen	11
	Rushden Temperance Band	George Fred Birkenshaw	12
	Kettering Town Band	Randolph Ryan	13
W	Earls Barton Britannia
W	Oldham Rifles
W	Radford United Methodist
W	Raunds
W	Wyke Old

Organised by Enderby Temperance Band.
20 bands entered, 15 competed
Prizes: £36 16s, £20, £13 10s, £2 10s
Reported in British Bandsman & Orchestral Times, March 1890