Format:	Own Choice Test Piece Contest
Adjudicators:	John Robert Tidswell
Venue:	Milnrow Road, Rochdale

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Draw
1	Heywood Borough	William Wood	'Worthy is the Lamb' and 'Amen' from The Messiah	5
2	Oldham Rifles	Alexander Owen	The Heavens are Telling [unknown arranger]	1
3	Kingston Mills	Harry L. Holding	Kyrie and Gloria from Haydn's 2nd Mass	4
4	Heptonstall	Alexander Owen	The Heavens are Telling [unknown arranger]	3
5	Farnworth Old	James Clarke Wright		2
W	Hebden Bridge
W	Rochdale Amateur

1st annual contest promoted by the Platting Brass Band
Prizes: £14, £8, £6, £4, £2
March contest 1st(£1) Kingston Mills.
5 bands competed.