Format:	Own Choice Test Piece Contest
Adjudicators:	J. Sidney Jones
Venue:	Blyth, Northumberland

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Draw
1	Black Dyke	John Gladney	Rossini's Works / Rossini Fantasia / Reminiscences of Rossini [arr. Owen] 1882	4
2	Batley Old	John Gladney	Grand Selection: Mendelssohn's Works [arr. Godfrey] 1898	3
3	South Derwent	John Gladney	Meyerbeer's Works [unknown arranger]	1
4	West Hartlepool Operatic	William Holdsworth	Rossini's Works / Rossini Fantasia / Reminiscences of Rossini [arr. Owen] 1882	5
5	Ashington	Thomas Floyd	Maritana [arr. Round] 1888	2
W	Kingston Mills

Promoted by Blyth Flower Show.
March contest: 1. South Derwent, 2. Batley, 3. Black Dyke.
Prizes - 1st £40, 2nd £25, 3rd £15, 4th £7, 5th £4.10s., 6th £3.10s.
5 bands competed