Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Halevy [arr. Round] 1895
Adjudicators:	Howard Lees , Richard Stead , T. Valentine
Venue:	Victoria Pier, Blackpool

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw
1	Besses o' th' Barn	Alexander Owen	4
2	Wyke Temperance	Edwin Swift	10
3	Rushden Temperance	Alexander Owen	8
4	Bradford (Manchester)	Thomas German	6
5	Mossley	Edwin Swift	12
6	Cornholme	Edwin Swift	2
7	Skipton Prize	Squire Firth	11
	Bacup	Unknown
	Blaina Lancaster	Unknown
	Eagley Mills	Unknown
	Irwell Bank	Unknown
	Silverdale	Unknown
	Tillery Colliery	Unknown

3rd annual contest.
Prizes: £30, £20, £15, £12, £10, £8, £5
Best cornet - Angus Holden (Mossley).
Best euphonium - tie Mr Scott (Besses) and Mr Bentley (Wyke).
Best trombone - Mr Lawson (Besses)
Deportment - Irwell Bank.