Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Smiles and Tears
Adjudicators:	Rufus Fletcher
Venue:	Prestwich

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw
1	Warth	William Peatfield	5
2	Oldham Borough	Unknown	7
2	Stacksteads	Fred Durham	10
4	Horwich Old	William Peatfield
5	Tottington Original	William Enoch Holt	14
	Swinton	W. H. Ellwood	1
	Walshaw Public	Fred Durham	2
	Pendleton St. George's	Samuel Westwood	3
	All Saints' Sunday School	Smith Sellars	4
	Irwell Street Wesleyan	W. H. Ellwood	6
	Rooden Lane	Thomas Ramsden	8
	Walkden United	W. Fletcher	9
	Heaton Mersey Sunday School	John Henry White	11
	North East Manchester	John Henry White	12
	Rawtenstall Temperance	James Uttley	13
	Urmston St. Clement's	Unknown	15
	Royton Public	J. Ogden	16
	Dob Lane	John Henry White	17
	Rhodes	John Henry White	18
	Levenshulme	Alfred Hulme	20
	Shaw	Albert Whipp	21
	Burnage	Alfred Hulme	22

Prizes: £7, £4, £3, £2, £1
Brass Band News June 1897 shows band 15 as Horwich Old, conductor W.Peatfield.
22 banmds competed