Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	The Merry Wives of Windsor [Nicolai] 1897
Adjudicators:	Joseph Owen Shepherd , Dr. Henry Watson
Venue:	Belle Vue, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Norland	Alexander Owen	15	111
2	Lincoln Malleable	Fenton Renshaw	9	108
3	Rotherham Temperance	Fenton Renshaw	16	107
4	Crooke	William Rimmer	11	106
5	Pemberton Old	William Rimmer	2	104
6	Lee Mount	William Swingler	6	101
7	Eagley	Edwin Swift	12	100
7	Heywood Old	William Rimmer	13	100
9	Barnsley Rifles	John Gladney	10	99
9	Water	Squire Firth	17	99
9	Irwell Springs	William Rimmer	18	99
12	Holborn Hill	William Holdsworth	8	98
12	Royal George	Angus Holden	19	98
14	Lea Mills	Alexander Owen	3	90
15	Cleckheaton Victoria	John Gladney	1	89
16	St. John's Failsworth	W. H. Ellwood	5	86
16	Heap Bridge	Alexander Owen	14	86
18	Goodshaw	John Gladney	4	84
19	Hull Waterloo	William Heap	7	80

Prizes: £20 and trombone, £12 and trombone, £8 and trombone, £5 and trombone, £4 and trombone, cornet
19 bands competed