Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Excelsior [Round] 1888
Adjudicators:	R. H. Earnshaw
Venue:	Colne, Lancashire

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Rishton	Alexander Owen	18	226
2	Middleton Borough	Alexander Owen	24	225
3	Burnley Public	Alexander Owen	13	224
4	Morley	John Gladney	11	223
5	2nd L.R.V. (Clitheroe)	Alexander Owen	12	222
6	Clayton-le-Moors	Alexander Owen	2	221
6	Earby	Edwin Swift	22	221
8	Burnley Borough	J. Whittaker	10	215
9	Leyland Subscription	Fred Durham	4	192
10	Batley Old	Benjamin Denton Jackson	25	191
11	Bacup Change	Alexander Owen	8	180
11	Linthwaite	Edwin Swift	14	180
13	Birkenshaw	Allen Matley	5	176
14	Haslingden Temperance	Charles Woodcock	17	173
14	Skipton	George Fred Birkenshaw	20	173
16	Stalybridge Borough	Alexander Owen	7	162
17	Goodshaw	Thomas German	3	160
18	Great Horton	George Fred Birkenshaw	21	158
19	Padiham	J. E. Birtwell	23	156
20	Norland	George Raine	6	154
21	Waterfoot and Newchurch	Ormerod Houldsworth	19	147
22	Sowerby Bridge Subscription	Walter Atkinson	1	134
23	Wilsden	Joseph Robinson	16	134
24	Eccles Young Men's	Alexander Owen	9	112
25	Clitheroe Catholic	M. Duckett	15	59
W	Gainsborough
W	Hindley Rifles
W	Newchurch
W	Radcliffe and Pilkington
W	Rochdale Old

6th prize divided between Clayton-le-Moors and Earby.
Prizes: £26 16s, £16 9s, £11 7s, £4, £2
25 bands competed.
Restricted to bands who had not previously received a first prize.
6th Annual Contest.