Format:	Own Choice Test Piece Contest
Adjudicators:	John Kelly
Venue:	Agricultural Hall, Wolverhampton

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Draw
1	Wolverhampton Victoria Quadrille Band	Thomas Latham	Ruy Blas	12
2	West Bromwich Rifle Volunteer Band	Joseph Perkins	William Tell [unknown arranger]	9
3	Bilston Excelsior Temperance Band	William Hyde	Tancredi - overture (unknown arranger)	3
4	Hall Green Euphonic Band	James Millington	'And the Glory of the Lord' from 'The Messiah'	5
5 Duplicate Band	Oldbury Euphonic	Samuel Wall	Daughter of the Regiment [unknown arranger]	4
	Bilston Newton or Catholic	Samuel Walters	Gloria in Excelsis	1
	Great Bridge Victoria Tube Works	John Fisher	Evening Star	2
	Wolverhampton Rifle Corps	Adam Taylor	Evening Star	6
	Walsall Alma Tube Works	James Simpson	Il Vessillo	7
Duplicate Band	Oldbury Carriage Works Band	Henry Widdinson	La Traviata [unknown arranger]	8
	Dudley Sax Horn	Jeremiah Woodhouse	T.S.	10
	Willenhall Sax Tuba	Thomas Layzell	Norma	11
	Wednesfield Prince of Wales	Ben Evans	Great is the Lord	13

Thirteen brass bands competed for various prizes in the Agricultural Hall. The performers numbered about 200. The arrangements were carried out by Mr. Metcalf. Mr. John Kelly, the bandmaster of the First Staffordshire Militia, was the judge; and the prizes were awarded as follow: First prize, a silver cup, to the Wolverhampton Victoria Quadrille Band; second prize, a silver cup, to the West Bromwich Rifle Volunteer Band; third prize, a silver medal, to the Bilston Excelsior Temperance Band; the fourth prize to the Hall Green Euphonic Band; and the fifth to the Oldbury Carriage Works' Band. A competition then took place between nine performers for a cornet a-piston which Mr. S. Besson, of London, had sent to be given upon the occasion. For some time a disturbance existed as to the awarding of the prize; but it was afterwards amicably arranged and a fight prevented by the prize being given to Mr. Hyde, the leader of the Bilston Excelsior Band.