Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Cinq Mars [arr. Godfrey] 1881
Adjudicators:	Franz Groenings
Venue:	Raikes Hall Gardens, Blackpool

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw
1	Oldham Rifles	Alexander Owen	6
2	Heywood Rifles	John Gladney	3
3	Besses o' th' Barn	Alexander Owen	8
4	Hanley Mission	Alexander Owen	4
5	Bolton Borough	John Gilberthorpe	2
6	Nelson	Alexander Owen	5
	Wincham Old Temperance	J. T. Candlin	1
	Bury Borough	Alexander Owen	7
	Batley Old	Benjamin Denton Jackson	9

20 bands entered, 9 competed
Prizes: £30, £20, £15, £10, £7, £5.
6 winning bands had to attend once each to give a concert (two bands each subsequent Saturday) and receive £15 until July 6th when all 6 would play for a prize of £20. Each unsuccessful band would receive £5. Test piece on July 6 was 'Victory'.