Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Macbeth [Verdi, arr. Round] 1896
Adjudicators:	A. D. Keate
Venue:	Compstall, Cheshire

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw
1	Water	John Schofield	19
2	Lee Mount	William Swingler	20
3	Blackburn Ragged School	Harry Bolton	5
4	Millgate	Squire Firth	15
5	Pendleton St. George's	Fred Durham	7
	Royal George	Angus Holden	1
	Central Hall	J. H. Baxter	2
	Glossop Old	Joseph Barber	3
	Riddings	George Hames	4
	Sheffield Temperance	John Davison	6
	Hollingworth	James Holloway	8
	Rochdale Public	Joseph Thompson	9
	Irwell Springs	William Rimmer	10
	Eccles Borough	Benson Powell	11
	Thornsett	Whitham Smith	12
	Glodwick	Fred Durham	13
	Denton Original	Whitham Smith	14
	New Mills Old	Fred Durham	16
	Standish	William Rimmer	17
	Stalybridge Old	James Holloway	18

Prizes: £7 and cornet, £4 and trombone, £4, £2, £1
20 bands competed