Format:	Own Choice Test Piece Contest
Adjudicators:	John Lord
Venue:	Cricket Ground, Farnworth

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Draw
1	Stalybridge Old	John Gladney	Weber Fantasia [arr. Gladney]	7
2	Boarshurst	Alexander Owen	Rossini's Works / Rossini Fantasia / Reminiscences of Rossini [arr. Owen] 1882	1
3	Rochdale Borough	Alexander Owen	Le Prophete [arr. Owen]	4
4	Linthwaite	Edwin Swift	William Tell [arr. Swift]	8
	St. Patrick's Wigan	G. HIgham	Vespri Siciliani [arr. Godfrey] 1880	2
	Southport Rifles	H. Round	Wagner [arr. Round] 1886	3
	Oldham Rifles	Alexander Owen	Rossini's Works / Rossini Fantasia / Reminiscences of Rossini [arr. Owen] 1882	5
	Mossley	Alexander Owen	Rienzi [arr. Round] 1882	6
W	Clayton-le-Moors
W	Morley

10 bands entered, 8 competed

Prizes: £24 9s, £17 9s, £6, £2.
2nd annual contest