Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Smiles and Tears
Adjudicators:	J. W. Beswick
Venue:	Rhodes, Middleton

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw
1	Glodwick	Albert Whipp	6
2	Shaw	Albert Whipp	3
3	Middleton Borough	P. Power	4
4	Rawtenstall Temperance	Thomas Henry Hoyle	7
5	Dob Lane	John Henry White	5
	Dobcross	J. H. Buckley	1
	Leigh Public	William Miller	2
W	Chadderton

Promoted by the Rhodes New Works Band
Limited to bands which had not won a prize over £7 during 1896-97
Prizes: £7, £5, £3, £2, £1.
7 bands competed