| Format: | Test Piece Contest |
|---|---|
| Test Piece: | Nil Desperandum 1890 |
| Adjudicators: | John Ainsworth |
| Venue: | Garden Road, Brighouse |
| Position | Band | Conductor | Draw |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Dewsbury Temperance
|
Unknown | 12 |
| 1 |
Norland
|
Unknown | 13 |
| 3 |
Todmorden Old
|
Unknown | 16 |
| 4 |
Dewsbury Old
|
Unknown | 6 |
| 5 |
Eccles Subscription
|
Unknown | 1 |
Huddersfield Borough
|
Unknown | 2 | |
Sowerby Bridge
|
Unknown | 3 | |
Copley Mills
|
Unknown | 4 | |
Lindley
|
Unknown | 5 | |
Oats Royd Mills
|
Unknown | 7 | |
Batley Temperance
|
Unknown | 8 | |
Mirfield Rifles
|
Unknown | 9 | |
Daisy Hill
|
Unknown | 10 | |
Dannemora
|
Unknown | 11 | |
Irwell Bank
|
Unknown | 14 | |
Cleckheaton Victoria
|
Unknown | 15 | |
| W |
Great Horton
|
Promoted by Brighouse & Rastrick Band
Prizes: £12, £8, £5, £3, £2
Quickstep: 1. Eccles, 2. Dewsbury Temperance
Another correspondent reports the contest took place in the Brighouse Recreation Ground, Lane Head, Brighouse - which conflicts with the contemporary newspaper report.
16 bands competed
The contest did take place on 26/4/1890, as the report on its results was in a newspaper on the 28th.