Format:	Own Choice Test Piece Contest
Adjudicators:	F. R. Barratt , Daniel Godfrey , A. L. Keller
Venue:	Tout Hill, Peterborough

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Draw
1	Doncaster Railway Foundry Band	G. F. Birkenshaw	Martha [unknown arranger]	1
2	Hull United Order of Druids	Joseph Rhodes	Martha [unknown arranger]	2
3	Chesterfield	Henry Slack	La Sonnambula [unknown arranger]	3
4	Thrapston	P. Loveday	La Petite Guerre	5
5	Peterborough Locomotive	E. Tuxworth	Alma	4
W	Whittlesea
D	Northampton		Il Trovatore [unknown arranger]	6

Sources:
http://www.ibew.org.uk/misc37.htm
Northampton Mercury, 10th September 1859

Open to all amateur bands throughout England.

Prizes: £15, £8, £4, £2, £1

The advertisment for the contest states "the nervous are particularly invited to be present" !