Format:	Own Choice Test Piece Contest
Adjudicators:	Thomas German , J. Gifford
Venue:	Alexandra Meadows, Blackburn

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Draw
1	Darwen Temperance	Isaac Marsden	Der Freischütz [unknown arranger]	4
2	Nelson	John Gladney	Lucia di Lammermoor [unknown arranger]	3
3	Stalybridge Old	James Briggs	Stiffelio [arr. Gladney] 1874	7
4	Denton Original	Richard Marsden	Reminiscences of Mozart	1
5	7th L.R.V. Accrington	Richard Smith	Stiffelio [arr. Gladney] 1874	2
	7th L.R.V. (Clayton-le-Moors)	Isaac Marsden	L'Africaine [arr. Grosse] 1866	5
	Ribblesdale	John Gladney	Stiffelio [arr. Gladney] 1874	6
W	5th Lancashire Artillery Volunteers
W	Linthwaite
W	Meltham Mills
W	Newhall Hey

In aid of the East Lancashire Infimary
Prizes: £30, £20, £12, £8, £4.
7 bands competed