Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Excelsior [Round] 1888
Adjudicators:	R. H. Earnshaw
Venue:	Drill Hall, Walmsley Street, Stalybridge

Position	Band	Conductor
1	Clayton-le-Moors	Alexander Owen
2	Boarshurst	Alexander Owen
3	Glossop Old	Alexander Owen
4	Mossley	Alexander Owen
5	Middleton Borough	Alexander Owen
	Bacup Change	Alexander Owen
	Batley Temperance	Joseph Jackson
	Grange Moor	J. Fisher
	Milnrow	James Barker
	Sowerby Bridge	Walter Atkinson

Promoted by Stalybridge Borough Band
Prizes: £14, £9, £5, £3, £1
Quickstep: 1. Clayton, 2. Glossop, 3. Mossley, 4. Middleton
12 bands entered, 10 competed