Format:	Own Choice Test Piece Contest
Adjudicators:	H. Basket , C. Boosé , Charles (sr) Godfrey , Charles (jr) Godfrey , Daniel Godfrey , Wellington Guernsey , E. Hanson , M. Hartmann , Jacob Kappey , A. Koenig , George Leng , George Loder , William Miller , William Money , Henry Nicholson , H. Rogers , H. Schallehn , James Smythe
Venue:	Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace Park, Sydenham, County of London, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Music
1	Black Dyke Mills	Samuel Longbottom	Preciosa [unknown arranger]
2	Saltaire	Richard Smith	Lucrezia Borgia [unknown arranger]
3	Cyfarthfa	Ralph Livesey	The Bondman
4	Darlington Saxhorn	H. Hoggett	Kyrie and Gloria from Haydn's 2nd Mass
5	Dewsbury	John Peel	Preciosa [unknown arranger]
	Accrington	Radcliffe Barnes	Nabucodonosor - Overture [unknown arranger]
	Chesterfield	Henry Slack	Il Trovatore [unknown arranger]
	Deighton	Philip Robinson	Ernani [unknown arranger]
	Holmfirth Temperance	William Roberts	Il Trovatore [unknown arranger]
	Stalybridge	James Alfred Melling	William Tell [unknown arranger]
	Stanhope	Robert de Lacy	Preciosa [unknown arranger]
	Witney	J. Crawford	Il Trovatore [unknown arranger]

See
http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/cultures-of-brass/british-brass-band/crystal_palace_results.pdf
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:A_Dictionary_of_Music_and_Musicians_vol_4.djvu/487
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:A_Dictionary_of_Music_and_Musicians_vol_4.djvu/488
http://www.ibew.org.uk/misc65.htm
http://www.ibew.org.uk/misc17.htm

The competition was divided into two stages. The first stage began at 10 a.m., dividing the 44 competing bands into 6 qualifying contests, each 'platform' being judged by three adjudicators; the top two from each 'platform' qualified for the second stage.

While the adjudicators deliberated, at 3 p.m. all of the bands present (comprising 1390 performers) combined in a massed band programme under Enderby Jackson.

The second stage commenced after the massed band concert and comprised the 12 bands that had been selected from the first stage; these were Dewsbury, Cyfarthfa, Witney, Saltaire, Black Dyke Mills, Chesterfield, Accrington, Holmfirth Temperance, Stanhope, Darlington Saxhorn, Stalybridge and Deighton. The total number of entries was 44. All adjudicators were used.

There were eighteen judges, and they presided at six different platforms, as follows: Platform No. 1, Henry Nicholson, bandmaster to the Duke of Rutland; J. Smythe, Royal Artillery, Woolwich; Mr. Hanson, late of the 39th Infantry. No.2, Wellington Guernsey; George Loder; H. Rogers, Waterford Artillery. No.3, Dan Godfrey, Grenadier Guards; H. Schallehn, late of the Crystal Palace Band; J. A. Kappey, Royal Marines, Chatham Division. No.4, Charles Godfrey, senior, Coldstream Guards; Charles Godfrey, junior, now of the Royal Horse Guards (The Blues); William Miller, 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade. No.5, Herr Koenig, Norfolk Artillery - a brother of the celebrated cornet soloist; William Money, 5th Lancers; M. Hartmann, 10th Hussars. No. 6, H. Basket, 58th Regiment; C. Boosé Royal Horse Guards (The Blues); George Leng, late of the Hull Harmonic Society. Final Referee, Mr. Enderby Jackson.

Prizes: 1st- £40 in money, together with a splendid silver cup for the bandmaster. Also a magnificent champion contrabass in E flat, value 35 guineas, presented by Mr. Henry Distin, 9, Great Newport-street, St. Martin's-lane, London
Then £25, 15, 10, 5.