Format:	Own Choice Test Piece Contest
Adjudicators:	James Barker
Venue:	Leigh Cricket Ground (adj. Field), Beech Walk, Leigh

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Draw
1	Farnworth Old Band	Edwin Swift	Roach	2
2	St.James's Tyldesley	Richard Marsden	No. 1 [19th Century]	6
3	Bedford Church	James Frost	Frost and Sun	3
4	Bridgecroft (Hindley)	William Taylor	Marien	5
5	Halliwell	John Gilberthorpe	The Don 1885	8
	Flixton Lancashire Rifle Volunteers	T. Davies	Majestic	1
	Platt Bridge	John Makin	Marien	4
	All Saint's (Hindley)	William Ellison	Jeanette 1884	7

Each band played a polka and a quadrille.
Mr. James Barker was an organist and formerly of the Rochdale Borough Band.
The first prize was an electro-plated cornet (value twelve guineas) and £2 in money. Second prize £6, third prize £4, fourth prize £2 and fifth prize £1.
8 bands competed