Format:	Own Choice Test Piece Contest
Adjudicators:	Randolph Ryan
Venue:	Wolverton

Position	Band	Conductor	Music
1	Bedford Town	John Thomas Ogden	Elixir of Love 1892
2	Wollaston	W. Bridgeford	Luisa Miller [arr. Godfrey] 1888
3	Olney Town	James Hager	Elixir of Love 1892
4	Newport Pagnell	James Hager	Shades of Heroes
4	Wolverton Rifles	Joseph Rogers	Excelsior [Round] 1888
	Aylesbury Printing Works	Robert Payne
	Hanslope Excelsior	Joseph Rogers
	Leighton Buzzard Excelsior	Harry Sharpe
	Wendover	Robert Payne
	Wolverton Printing Works	H. Brooks

10 bands competed
March contest: 1. Bedford Town, 2. Olney Town
Several of the bands played "Elixir of Love" as their test piece
Prizes: £11, £7, £4, £2
Quickstep: 1. Bedford Town, 2. Olney Town
Reported in Northampton Herald, 1st & 29th September 1894