Format:	Own Choice Test Piece Contest
Adjudicators:	James Ord Hume
Venue:	Olympia, Newcastle

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Draw
1	West Hartlepool Old	Alexander Owen	L'Etoile du Nord [arr. Godfrey] 1887	4
2	Ashington Model	George F. Birkinshaw	William Tell [unknown arranger]	3
3	Murton Colliery	George Raine	Fierrabras	2
4	Consett Iron Co's Workmen's	Thomas Woods	Bellini [arr. Round] 1893	7
5	Hartlepool Temperance	Joseph Jackson	Maritana [arr. Round] 1888	6
	Walbottle Temperance	Richard Binnie	Joan of Arc [Round] 1884	1
	Heworth Colliery	Thomas Woods	Selection from Weber [arr. Round] 1890	5
	Ashington Duke	Thomas Woods	William Tell [unknown arranger]	8
	Scotswood Temperance	Neil M. Boyd	Marino Faliero [arr. Round] 1892	9

1st prize £10 and the Northern Counties Challenge Cup, 2nd £7, 3rd £4, 4th £2.10s., 5th £1.10s.
Also quickstep contest:

1. West Hartlepool Old
2. Murton Colliery
3. Consett

10 bands entered, 8 competed

Prizes amounted to £28