Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	The Heavens are Telling [unknown arranger]
Adjudicators:	Joseph Gaggs
Venue:	Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw
1	Southport Rifles	Harry Round	3
2	Heptonstall	John Gladney	10
3	Oldham Rifles	Alexander Owen	19
4	Rochdale Amateur	Edwin Swift	17
5	Radcliffe Old	Alexander Owen	20
	St. James Tyldesley	Robert Welch	1
	Lob Mills Todmorden	Alexander Owen	2
	Farnworth Old	W. Wright	4
	Prestwich School	W. Hartley Kelly	5
	Todmorden Old	Edwin Swift	6
	Walshaw Lane	E. Holding	7
	Newchurch	Alexander Owen	8
	Atherton Volunteers	James Croft	9
	Halliwell	J. Wood	11
	All Saints Hindley	Richard Westhead	12
	Bradshaw	Alfred Monks	13
	Blackburn Temperance	J. T. Marsden	14
	Bridge Croft Hindley	John Makin	15
	Radcliffe Public	J. Gifford	16
	Hebden Bridge	George Fred Birkenshaw	18
	Irwell Bank	Harry L. Holding	21
	Clayton-le-Moors	Alexander Owen	22
W	Audenshaw and Droylsden
W	Belmont
W	Blackrod
W	Farnworth

Promoted by Bolton Amateur Brass Band
26 bands entered, 22 bands competed
Prizes: £14, £8, £5, £2, £1.
1st annual contest