Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Mercadante
Adjudicators:	George T. H. Seddon
Venue:	New Brighton Tower, Cheshire

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw
1	Besses o th Barn	Alexander Owen	4
2	Wingates Temperance	William Rimmer	7
3	Crooke	William Rimmer	14
4	Lindley	John Gladney	11
5	Irwell Springs	William Rimmer	13
6	Aberaman Silver	Henry Bentley	2
7	Rochdale Public	William Rimmer	9
	Widnes Subscription	William Rimmer	1
	Tranmere Gleam	James Burleigh	3
	Birkenhead Public	John Dobbing	5
	Radcliffe Public	J. G. Sante	6
	Wednesbury Crown Tube	Christopher Smith	8
	Silverdale Town	Alexander Owen	10
	Westhoughton Old	Angus Holden	12
	Rhos Silver	William Rimmer	15
	Lee Mount	William Swingler	16
W	Biddulph
W	Ellesmere Port
W	Hucknall Torkard
W	Kingston Mills
W	Oldham Rifles
W	Pemberton Old
W	Rise Carr Mills
W	Shipley
W	Standish Subscription
W	Sutton Road
W	Wyke

Prizes - 1st £30 challenge cup and silver baton, 2nd £20, 3rd £15, 4th £12, 5th £10, 6th £8, 7th £5.
5th annual contest.
27 bands entered, 16 bands competed.