Format:	Set Test and Own Choice
Test Piece:	Un Ballo in Maschera [arr. Melling] 1865
Adjudicators:	J. P. Clarke , J. Hawkes , Samuel Hughes , Haydn Millars
Venue:	Belle Vue, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Set Test Draw
1	Bacup	John Lord		4
2	Dewsbury	John Peel		7
3	Matlock Bath	John Naylor		3
4	Stalybridge Old	G. Nicholls		1
5	Dodsworth's	J. W. Dodsworth		2
6	Liverpool Amateur	E. Armitage		6
7	Bacup Wellington	Unknown		9
D	Black Dyke Mills			5
D	Denton Original			8

'Own Choice' and Un Ballo in Maschera, Verdi
Prizes: 1st: £30 2nd: £15 3rd: £9 4th: £5 5th: £3

Black Dyke and Denton were both disqualified for using the same cornet player - J. Salkeld. Black Dyke nevertheless was awarded a prize cornet.