Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Hours of Beauty 1883
Adjudicators:	T. E. Embury
Venue:	Kearsley Moor, Kearsley, Lancashire

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw
1	Todmorden Old	Edwin Swift	8
2	Radcliffe Old	Alexander Owen	15
3	Audenshaw and Droylsden	Alexander Owen	4
4	Besses o th Barn	Alexander Owen	3
5	Bradshaw	Alexander Owen	5
6	Heywood Rifles	John Peers	12
	Rawtenstall Borough	John Gladney	1
	Droylsden	J. Wadsworth	2
	Farnworth Amateur	Ben Wallwork	6
	Farnworth Old	James Clarke Wright	7
	Heap Bridge	John Peers	9
	Irwell Bank	Harry L. Holding	10
	Batley Victoria Temperance	R. Clayton	11
	Belmont	H. Gorst	13
	Rochdale Amateur	Edwin Swift	14
W	Fulledge Burnley
W	St. Josephs Leigh
W	St. Stephens Kearsley

15 bands competed.
3rd annual contest promoted by St Sterphens Band.