Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Crispino [arr. Round] 1878
Adjudicators:	James Murdoch
Venue:	Colne, Lancashire

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw
1	Radcliffe and Pilkington	Robert Jackson	14
2	Linthwaite	John Gladney	12
3	Earby	George Frederick Birkinshaw	15
4	Rochdale Amateurs	Edwin Swift	6
5	Clayton le Moors	Alexander Owen	1
	Heap Bridge	John Gladney	2
	Great Horton	George Frederick Birkinshaw	3
	Radcliffe Old	Alexander Owen	4
	Biddulph	Richard Sourbutts	5
	Norland	Alexander Owen	7
	Manningham	George Frederick Birkinshaw	8
	Glossop Volunteer	Thomas German	9
	Todmorden Old	Edwin Swift	10
	Eagley Sunday School	William Wood	11
	Copley Mills	James Simpson	13
	Stalybridge Borough	Alexander Owen	16
	Burnley Borough	J. Whittaker	17

Seventeen bands competed.
Prizes: £24 15s, £16 6d, £7, £4, £2
Source: BBN, May 1887
March: 1. Burnley, 2. Copley