Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	La Favorita [arr. Round] 1898
Adjudicators:	J. W. Beswick
Venue:	New Mills, Derbyshire

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw
1	Oldham Rifles	Stephen Shaw	4
2	Heywood Old	William Rimmer	1
3	Reddish	A. Ball	7
4	Sutton Road	Christopher Smith	3
5	Altrincham Borough	H. Derbyshire	5
	Thornsett	Whitham Smith	2
	Levenshulme	Alfred Hulme	6

3rd annual contest promoted by New Mills Old band.
Prizes: £12, £8, £5, £2, £1
March contest: 1. Heywood Old, 2. Oldham Rifles, 3. Sutton Road
7 bands competed