Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Lohengrin [arr. Round] 1895
Adjudicators:	J. Sommer , W. Wallace
Venue:	New Brighton Tower, Cheshire

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw
1	Black Dike	John Gladney	4
2	Kingston Mills	John Gladney	8
3	Crooke	William Rimmer	6
4	Workington Artillery	Herbert Scott	2
	Gossage's Soap Works	John James Brady	1
	Rhodes Bleach Works	John Henry White	3
	Widnes Subscription	William Rimmer	5
	Nutgrove	John Gladney	7

1st prize £30 and cup.
2nd prize £15.
3rd prize £10.
4th prize £5.
Best cornet - John Paley (Black Dyke).
Best euphonium - John Green (Nutgrove).
1st annual contest organised at New Brighton Tower.
17 bands entered, 8 bands competed.