Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Maritana [arr. Round] 1888
Adjudicators:	J. W. Beswick , Charles Hall , Thomas Valentine
Venue:	Victoria Pier, Blackpool

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw
1	Besses o' th' Barn	Alexander Owen	4
2	Lindley	William Holdsworth	10
3	Irwell Springs	William Rimmer	9
4	Rotherham Temperance	Fenton Renshaw	5
5	Goodshaw	John Gladney	13
6	Oldham Rifles	Alexander Owen	14
7	Sowerby Bridge	William Heap	11
	Hucknall Temperance	John Gladney	1
	Blaina Town	Alexander Owen	2
	Norland	Alexander Owen	3
	Bradford Postmen	Joseph Jackson	6
	Shipley	John Paley	7
	St. Anne's	Walter George Chapman	8
	Bacup Change	Alexander Owen	12
	Hasland	George Hames	15
	Rochdale Old	Squire Firth	16
W	Blackpool Lifeboat
W	Crooke
W	Mossley
W	Rushden Temperance
W	Whitewell Vale

Prizes: 1. £35, 2. £15
21 bands entered, 16 competed
Medals for cornet, trombone, soprano, euphonium, baritone and horn: Besses
Bass trombone medal: Sowerby Bridge