Format:	Own Choice Test Piece Contest
Adjudicators:	Thomas Batley
Venue:	Holme Mills, Marsden

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Draw
1	Meltham Mills	John Gladney	Les Huguenots [unknown arranger]	2
2	Linthwaite	Edwin Swift	William Tell [arr. Swift]	8
3	Stalybridge Old	Richard Sourbutts	Reminiscences of Gounod	7
4	Kingston Mills	John Gladney	Les Huguenots [unknown arranger]	3
5	Hinchliffe Mill	John Gladney	Stiffelio [unknown arranger]	6
5	31st Lancashire Rifle Volunteers (Oldham)	Edwin Swift	Tannhäuser [arr. Swift]	10
	Clayton-le-Moors	Isaac Marsden	William Tell [unknown arranger]	1
	Golcar	Edwin Swift	Tannhäuser [arr. Swift]	4
	Boarshurst	John Radcliffe	Naaman 1864	5
	Stocksbridge	John Berry	Stiffelio [unknown arranger]	9
	34th West Yorks Rifle Volunteers (Saddleworth)	C. C. Wood	Hymn of Praise 1895	11
W	Denton Original

Additional source:
The Huddersfield Daily Chronicle (West Yorkshire, England), Monday, May 14, 1877; pg. 3; Issue 3048.

12 bands entered, 11 attended.

1st prize: £20, 2nd prize: £15, 3rd prize: £10, 4th prize: £6