Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Gems of Old England
Adjudicators:	Charles Cooper , Abram Fairclough
Venue:	Alder House Grounds, Atherton, Lancashire

Position	Band	Conductor
1	Abram Colliery	William Halliwell
2	Bolton Borough	John W. Hughes
3	Thornsett	Thomas Hynes
4	Westhoughton Old	H. Holden
5	Atherton Temperance	Unknown
	Bradshaw	Unknown
	Hulme Public	Unknown
	Rivington and Adlington	Unknown
	Walkden	Unknown

Prizes - 1st £15 and cup, 2nd £10, 3rd £5, 4th £3.10s., 5th £1.10s.
March contest 1st Abram Colliery, 2nd Westhoughton Old.
Best cornet, soprano, horn and trombone - Abram Colliery.
Best euphonium - Thornsett.
Best flugal - Bolton Borough.
Promoted by Atherton Public Band.
9 bands competed.