Format:	Own Choice Test Piece Contest
Adjudicators:	Thomas Moss
Venue:	Worsborough Dale, West Riding, Yorkshire

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Draw
1	Batley Old	Benjamin Denton Jackson	Meyerbeer [arr. Round] 1898	4
2	Old Silkstone	Coniah Stringer	Rossini's Works (arranged Owen)	2
3	Honley	Fenton Renshaw	Weber's Works	1
4	Wharncliffe Silkstone	Joseph Boothroyd	Meyerbeer [unknown arranger]	3

Prizes - 1st £25, 2nd £10, 3rd £5, 4th £2.
Promoted by Worsborough Horticultural Society.
The adjudicator was assaulted by members of Honley band when he was travelling back from the contest. (Letter in Brass Band News October 1885 page 6).
4 bands competed.