Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Lucrezia Borgia [arr. Round] 1895
Adjudicators:	Joseph Owen Shepherd
Venue:	Tyldesley, Lancashire

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw
1	Whitewell Vale	Fred Durham	10
2	Irwell Bank	Alexander Owen	13
3	Atherton Rifles	William Rimmer	6
4	Crooke	William Rimmer	14
5	Pendleton Old	William Rimmer	11
	Nutgrove	Fred Durham	1
	Rochdale Old	Squire Firth	2
	Eagley Mills	Edwin Swift	3
	Atherton Public	Fred Durham	4
	Booth Fold	Thomas German	5
	L and Y Band Horwich	R. Millington	7
	Onward Temperance	Christopher Smith	8
	Bradford Public	Thomas German	9
	Tyldesley Wesleyan Temperance	Edward Gittins	12
	Prestwich	William Peatfield	15
	Wingates Temperance	William Rimmer	16
	Sutton Road	William Rimmer	17
	Radcliffe Public	Unknown	19
W	Skipton

The contest was held on a football field situated on Well Street, Tyldesley. First prize was £12, second prize £7, third prize £5, fourth prize £3, fifth prize £1.
19 bands competed