Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Love in a Mist 1896
Adjudicators:	J. W. Beswick
Venue:	Levenshulme, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw
1	New Mills Old	Fred Durham	17
2	Glodwick	Fred Durham	12
3	St. James Gorton	Thomas German	11
4	Prestwich	Fred Durham	18
5	Stalybridge Old	James Holloway	19
	Ramsbottom Baptists	William Enoch Holt	1
	Tottington Original	E. Holding	2
	Widnes St. Mary's	John James Brady	3
	Chadderton	Walter Hall	4
	Heaton Mersey	Thomas German	5
	Albert Memorial	W. A. Wild	6
	Gravel Lane	J. R. Lloyd	7
	Openshaw Temperance	Whitham Smith	8
	Great Bridgewater Street Mission	W. Race	9
	Burnage	Alfred Hulme	10
	Hollingworth and Failsworth	J. L. Fowden	13
	Broughton Public	H. Aball	14
	Walkden United	W. Fletcher	15
	Openshaw Lads's Club	Joseph Frith	16
	Central Hall	J. H. Baxter	20
	Failsworth St. John's	W. H. Ellwood	21
	Flixton Volunteers	W. H. Ellwood	22

Prizes: £13 8s, £10 7s, £3, £2, £1
22 bands competed.