Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Gems of Evergreen Melody
Adjudicators:	Joseph Owen Shepherd
Venue:	Wallis's Field, Seaforth Road, Seaforth

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw
1	Coppull Subscription	William Halliwell	4
2	Standish Subscription	John Rutter	19
3	Haigh	Peter Fairhurst	13
4	Ashton Temperance	Christopher Smith	1
5	Platt Bridge	Fred Durham	24
	Bootle Borough	Edwin Pryce	2
	Birkenhead L & N.W. Employees	John Dobbing	3
	Birkenhead Shore Road	J. A. Greenwood	5
	Gossages Soap Works	John James Brady	6
	Bridgecroft	J. Whittle	7
	Skelmersdale Old	John Appleton	8
	St. Luke's Crosby	J. A. Greenwood	9
	Warrington Borough	Robert Rimmer	10
	Westhoughton Old	Christopher Smith	11
	Widnes Subscription	J. H. Harper	12
	Christ Church Waterloo	John Dobbing	14
	Widnes St. Mary's	John James Brady	15
	Port Sunlight Silver	William Halliwell	16
	Lower Ince	Thomas Allsop	17
	Ellesmere Port	James Garner	18
	Moss Bank	John Appleton	20
	Accrington Old	Alfred Gray	21
	St. Lawrence Longridge	Robert Rimmer	22
	Birkenhead Public Subscription	John Dobbing	23
	Latchford	William Maires	25
	Eccleston Subscription	Robert Rimmer	26
	Penketh Tannery	J. H. Harper	27
	Parr Temperance	Alfred Gray	28
	Litherland Silver	William Halliwell	29

Best cornet - Ashton Temperance.
Best trombone - Standish.
Best euphonium - Parr Temperance.
29 bands competed.