Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Der Waffenschmeid (The Armourer) 1896
Adjudicators:	John Scotts , Joseph Owen Shepherd
Venue:	Belle Vue, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw
1	Rotherham Temperance	Fenton Renshaw	14
2	Heywood Old	John Gladney	13
3	Pemberton Old	William Rimmer	3
4	Lea Mills	Alexander Owen	16
5	Hucknall Temperance	John Gladney	15
6	Crooke	William Rimmer	8
	Prestwich	John Gladney	1
	New Mills Old	Fred Durham	2
	Briercliffe	John Gladney	4
	Littleborough Public	Edwin Swift	5
	Lincoln Malleable	William Belcher	6
	Derwent Iron Works	George Eastwood	7
	Royal George	Herbert Scott	9
	Oldham Rifles	Alexander Owen	10
	Hasland	George Hames	11
	Boarshurst	Alexander Owen	12
	Dannemora Steel Works	Robert Richford	17
	Lee Mount	William Swingler	18
	Irwell Bank	Alexander Owen	19

Prizes: £20 and cornet, £12 and trombone, £8 and trombone, £6 and trombone, £4 and soprano
19 bands competed