Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Un Ballo in Maschera [arr. Round] 1876
Adjudicators:	James Jenkins
Venue:	Prospect Field, Trawden

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw
1	Mossley	Alexander Owen	4
1	Littleborough	Edwin Swift	11
3	Earby	George Fred Birkenshaw	9
4	Stalybridge 4th C.R.V	Alexander Owen	6
5	Colne	George Fred Birkenshaw	12
	Heap Bridge	John Peers	1
	Bury Borough	Robert Jackson	2
	Heptonstall	John Gladney	3
	Water	Richard Marsden	5
	Chorley Artillery	George Pressler	7
	Newchurch	N. Ermenie Goodall	8
	Heywood Rifles	John Peers	10
	Blackburn Borough	Alexander Owen	13
	Guide Temperance	A. Grimshaw	14
W	Bowling
W	Cleckheaton Victoria
W	Cornholme
W	Darwen Rifles
W	Glossop Old
W	Radcliffe Old

Prizes: £16, £11, £7, £4, £2.
Best horn - Heptonstall.
16th annual contest.
14 bands competed