Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Air and Chorus: 'Behold and See, Lift Up Your Heads' (Messiah) 1884
Adjudicators:	John Lord
Venue:	Rishton

Position	Band	Conductor
1	Besses o' th' Barn	Robert Jackson
2	Accrington Old	Charles Woodcock
3	Clayton-le-Moors	Collinson Poole
4	Heywood Borough	William Wood
5	Bradshaw Old	W. Smith
	Newchurch	Unknown
	Radcliffe and Pilkington	Unknown
	Rawtenstall Borough	Unknown
W	Burnley Borough
W	Heap Bridge
W	Nelson

Organised by the Rishton Subscription Brass Band. 1st prize £15. 1,000 people attended
8 bands competed