Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Robert le Diable [arr. Waterson] 1868
Adjudicators:	George Carr , Samuel Hughes , James Waterson
Venue:	Belle Vue, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw
1	Burnley	Joseph Ford	6
2	Heckmondwyke Albion	John Brook	9
3	Black Dyke Mills	Samuel Longbottom	3
4	Meltham Mills	John Berry	10
5	Matlock Volunteer Rifles	John Naylor	11
	Dewsbury Old	John Wright Tidswell	1
	Stalybridge Old	G. Nicholls	2
	Compstall Bridge	J. Conroy	4
	Linthwaite	Edwin Swift	5
	Liverpool Amateur	E. Armitage	7
	Barnsley	George Wray	8

Prizes: 1st: £30 2nd: £17 3rd: £11 4th: £8 5th: £4

The Bacup band boycotted this contest in protest at the debacle attending the 1867 contest, described under that entry.