Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Lyric Garland 1885
Adjudicators:	T. E. Embury
Venue:	Hanley, Stoke on Trent

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw
1	Besses o th Barn	Alexander Owen	4
2	Oldham Rifles	Alexander Owen	8
3	Silverdale Temperance	Joseph Lewis	1
4	Hanley Excelsior	Unknown	2
5	Kingston Mills	John Gladney	10
	Biddulph	Unknown	3
	Newcastle Borough	Unknown	5
	Burslem Volunteers	Unknown	6
	Congleton Volunteers	Unknown	7
	Newcastle Temperance	Unknown	9
	Burslem Port Vale	Unknown	11

11 bands competed