Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Torquato Tasso [unknown arranger]
Adjudicators:	Joseph Barber
Venue:	Ashton-Under-Lyne

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw
1	Hyde Borough	Sam Newton	20
2	Shaw	Fred Durham	27
3	Thornsett	Whitham Smith	23
4	Salford Public	Thomas German	25
5	Great Bridgewater Street Mission	Christopher Smith	17
	Radcliffe Public	William Rimmer	1
	Manchester Rechabite Pioneer	W. Hartley Kelly	2
	Rochdale Old	Albert Whipp	3
	Stretford Village	A. Gray	4
	Water	John Paley	5
	Chesterfield Temperance	Charles John Elsom	6
	Reddish Church	Joseph Ford	7
	Burnley Temperance	William Rimmer	8
	St. George's Pendleton	Fred Durham	9
	Rishworth	George Fred Birkenshaw	10
	St. Annes on the Sea	A. Hargreaves	11
	Stalybridge Old	James Holloway	12
	Kingston Junior	Reuben Taylor	13
	Bradford Borough	George Fred Birkenshaw	14
	Failsworth St. John's	W. H. Ellwood	15
	Glodwick	Fred Durham	16
	Farnworth Old	Edwin Swift	18
	Pickup Bank	Fred Durham	19
	Bardsley	H. Thornley	21
	North East Manchester	John Henry White	22
	Levenshulme	Alfred Hulme	24
	Irlam St. John's	W. H. Ellwood	25
	Firs Lane	Fred Durham	28

1st contest promoted by 3rd Vol. Batt. Manchester Regiment band.
Prizes: £14, £9, £3, £2, £1.
28 bands competed.