Format:	Own Choice Test Piece Contest
Adjudicators:	Oliver Gaggs
Venue:	Football Ground, Burnley Road, Rawtenstall, Lancashire

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Draw
1	Bury Borough	Robert Jackson	Hohenlinden 1880	7
2	Burnley Borough	J. Whittaker	Hours of Beauty 1883	14
3	Tyldesley	Richard Marsden	Hail Apollo 1882	15
4	Ramsbottom	Mr. Rooney	Shades of Heroes	13
5	Oats Royd Mills	William Heap	Hail Apollo 1882	8
	Radcliffe and Pilkington	Robert Jackson	Hohenlinden 1880	1
	Heap Bridge	John Peers	Hohenlinden 1880	2
	Water	R. Hargreaves	When winds breathe soft	3
	Middleton Public	Edwin Swift	Hohenlinden 1880	4
	Bacup Change	T. Hardacre	Shades of Heroes	5
	Farnworth Old	James Clarke Wright	Hohenlinden 1880	6
	Newhallhey	John Lord	When winds breathe soft	9
	Blackburn Old	Alexander Owen	Shades of Heroes	10
	Copley Mills	James Simpson	Hohenlinden 1880	11
	Rochdale Amateur	Edwin Swift	Hohenlinden 1880	12

15 bands entered and competed
Prizes: £12, £8, £5, £3, £2
Each band played an own choice glee and set of quadrilles.
Brass Band News May 1886 shows Alexander Owen as conductor of Blackburn Old, however he was at Colne contest that date conducting four bands.