Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Excelsior [Round] 1888
Adjudicators:	J. Sidney Jones
Venue:	Kingston Mills, Hyde, Cheshire

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw
1	Middleton Borough	Alexander Owen	10
2	Clayton-le-Moors	Alexander Owen	14
3	Glossop Old	John Gladney	15
4	Morley Borough	John Gladney	8
5	Boarshurst	Alexander Owen	4
	Late Yeomanry	W. Duxbury	1
	Audenshaw and Droylsden Temperance	Joseph Frith	2
	Bacup Change	Alexander Owen	3
	Westhoughton Old	W. Pendlebury	5
	Tintwistle Foresters	Whitham Smith	6
	Burslem	Richard Sourbutts	7
	Broadbottom	W. A. Wild	9
	Waterhead	G. A. Yates	11
	St. James Gorton	James Rider	12
	Burnley Public	Alexander Owen	13
	Bredbury and Romiley	Joseph Ford	16
	Stocksbridge	Charles Marsden	17
	Mottram	S. Broadbent	18
	Denton Original	Joseph Ford	19
	Stalybridge Old	J. W. Brierley	20
W	Eccles Young Men
W	Haslingden Temperance
W	Heap Bridge
W	Rishton Subscription

Promoted by Kingston Mills Band
24 bands entered, 20 competed
Quickstep: 1. Glossop, 2. Audenshaw
Prizes: £15, £10, £6, £3, £1