Format:	Own Choice Test Piece Contest
Adjudicators:	Joseph Walker
Venue:	Walbottle, Newcastle upon Tyne

Position	Band	Conductor	Music
1	West Hartlepool Operatic	J. R. Christon
2	Consett Ironworks	William Holdsworth	Meyerbeer [arr. Round] 1898
3	Ashington Model	Richard Taylor
4	Backworth	H. Cassel
W	Brampton
W	Gateshead Borough

March contest: 1. Ashington, 2. Backworth
Promoted by Walbottle Temperance Brass Band
Prizes: £15, £7 10s, £4, £2
Quickstep: 1. Ashington, 2. Backworth
4 bands competed