Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Gems of Italian Opera 1916
Adjudicators:	James Brier
Venue:	Royton, Lancashire

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw
1	Shaw	Wilfred Scholes
2	Oldham Rifles	Charles Anderson
3	Sowerby Bridge	W. Wilcock
4	Pendleton Public	Joseph Jennings
5	Milnrow	Joseph Jennings
	Bardsley Old	Unknown
	C.W.S.Manchester	Joseph Kenyon
	Chadderton Old	Unknown
	H.Stevenson and Sons	Louis Wilson
	Hollingworth	Unknown
	Irwell Bank	Unknown
	Lowerhouse Mills	Unknown
	Oldham Prize	Unknown
	Queen Street Mission	Unknown
	Slater's Silver	Roland E. Smith
	Stalybridge Old	Unknown
	Waterhead	Unknown
	Whitworth Vale and Healey	Unknown
	Dobcross	Unknown	1

Prizes - 1st £18 and cup, 2nd £12, 3rd £5, 4th £3, 5th £2.
Best cornet - G.Lawson (Shaw).
Best euphonium - E.Buckley (Shaw).
Best horn - A.Gaulter (Oldham).
Best trombone - E.Butterworth (Oldham).
18 bands competed