Format:	Own Choice Test Piece Contest
Adjudicators:	Henry Coward , Joel Englefield , Charles T. Hurst
Venue:	Covered Market, Longton

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Draw
1	Kingston Mills	John Gladney	Faust [Berlioz, unknown arranger]	1
2	Black Dyke Mills	John Gladney	William Tell [unknown arranger]	2
3	Besses o' th' Barn	Alexander Owen	Le Prophete [arr. Owen]	3
4	Hanley Town	George Turner	William Tell [unknown arranger]	4
5	Hanley Excelsior	Richard Sourbutts	Rossini's Works	5

No band to play a selection by which it had previously won a prize.
1st prize £75, 2nd £50, 3rd £35, 4th £20, 5th £15.
March contest 1st (£3) Kingston Mills5 bands competed