Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	La Favorita [arr. Round] 1898
Adjudicators:	Joseph Owen Shepherd
Venue:	Winter Gardens, Southport

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw
1	Pemberton Old	William Rimmer	6
2	Rochdale Old	Alexander Owen	4
3	Cornholme	Edwin Swift	5
4	Pendleton Old	William Rimmer	1
5	Heywood Old	William Rimmer	10
	Todmorden Old	William Heap	2
	Lower Ince Temperance	Thomas Allsop	3
	Eagley Mills	Edwin Swift	7
	Denton	Alexander Owen	8
	Tottington	William Enoch Holt	9
	Widnes Subscription	J. H. Harper	11
	Gossage's (Widnes)	John James Brady	12
	Manchester Central Hall	J. H. Baxter	13
	Crooke	William Rimmer	14
	Wingates Temperance	William Rimmer	15

Prizes: £16, £10, £5, £3, £1
15 bands competed