Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	The Merry Wives of Windsor [Nicolai] 1897
Adjudicators:	J. W. Beswick
Venue:	Belle Vue, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw
1	Rawmarsh	John Edward Dyson	9
2	Pendleton Public	Joseph Jennings	3
3	Brighouse and Rastrick Temperance	Willie Wood	7
4	Bescot L.N.W	Isaac Perrin	12
5	Rotherham Borough	William Wilson	14
	West Hull Excelsior	Robert Smith	1
	Beswick Subscription	John Fraser	2
	Dannemora Steel Works	Robert Richford	4
	Houghton Main Colliery	Amos Bastow	5
	Wombwell Town	Major Hitchen	6
	Norland	Ernest Beaumont	8
	Birdwell and District Subscription	Joseph Jackson	10
	Dinnington Colliery	J. A. Greenwood	11
	Friendly Subscription	Joseph Crawford Dyson	13
	Pendleton Old	B. Fraser	15
W	Altrincham Borough
W	Clifton

Prizes - 1st £20, 2nd £12, 3rd £8, 4th £6, 5th £4.
15 bands competed