Format:	Own Choice Test Piece Contest
Adjudicators:	Joseph Owen Shepherd
Venue:	Cannock, Staffordshire

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Draw
1	Dudley Town	W. E. Hyde	Gems of Welsh Melody	4
2	Short Heath	Herbert Fisher	Gems of Welsh Melody	6
3	Blakenhall Heath	John Wright	Gems of Welsh Melody	1
4	Northfield Institute	H. Price	Gems of Welsh Melody	2
	Cannock Town	F. Morris	Gems of Welsh Melody	3
	Cannock St. Lukes	H. Price	Gems of Welsh Melody	5
	Rugeley Town	Joseph Roberts	The Slave	7
	Tutbury Town	Unknown		8

Best cornet - Blakenhall Heath.
Best horn - Dudley Town.
According to British Bandsman p610 5/9/1903 - 7 bands competed. "No 8 Tutbury Town - unable to play; darkness coming on.
The weather got worse and worse, and the contest finished in a fearful storm of wind and rain."