Format:	Other
Test Piece:	Hallelujah Chorus [arr. Round] 1880
Adjudicators:	Thomas German
Venue:	Cricket Field, near Sovereign Pit, Leigh

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw
1	Radcliffe Old Band	Alexander Owen	7
2	13 Rifle Volunteers Southport	Harry Round	5
3	Besses o'th' Barn	George Fred Birkenshaw	8
4	Rochdale Amateur	Edwin Swift	9
	St. James's Tyldesley	Robert Welch	1
	St. Joseph's	Fred Unsworth	1
	Farnworth Amateur	Ben Wallwork	2
	Blackrod Temperance	Harry Round	3
	Bradshaw	George Fred Birkenshaw	6

The test piece was Wright and Round's arrangement of the Hallelujah Chorus and a Quadrille selection of their own choosing.
Prizes - 1st £10, 2nd £6, 3rd £3, 4th £1.10s.
1st annual contest promoted by West Leigh Brass Band.