Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Semiramide [unknown arranger]
Adjudicators:	H. W. Dowdall
Venue:	Colne, Lancashire

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw
1	Besses o' th' Barn	Alexander Owen	8
2	Black Dyke Mills	Alexander Owen	5
3	Linthwaite	John Gladney	7
4	Radcliffe Old	Alexander Owen	1
5	Nelson	John Gladney	2
	Irwell Bank	Harry L. Holding	3
	Littleborough	Edwin Swift	4
	Burnley Borough	Alexander Owen	6
W	Blackburn Borough
W	Dewsbury Old
W	Haslingden Volunteers
W	Kettering Rifles
W	Oldham Rifles
W	South Notts Temperance
W	Southport Rifles

Prizes: 15 guineas and a 16 guinea bombardon, 12 guineas and a 6 guineas trombone, £10, £6, £3
March contest - 1st Black Dyke, 2nd Littleborough.
2nd annual contest
15 bands entered, 8 competed