Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Gems from Sullivan's Operas No. 2
Adjudicators:	Thomas Valentine
Venue:	Crystal Palace (Terrace Bandstand), Crystal Palace Park, Sydenham, County of London, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Points
1	Leicester Imperial Prize Band	Thomas Seddon	0
2	Bestwood Colliery	George Hames
3	Skipton	Squire Firth
4	Riddings United	George Hames
5	Wellingborough Silver	Randolph Ryan
6	Raunds Temperance	Charles Harry Baker
7	Penrhiw and Maritime Colliery	Robert Smith
8	Morgan's Cwmtawe	Evan John Evans
	Barnet Town	George Byford
	Bedford Town	Charles Harry Baker
	Bristol City Mission	J. E. Wilkinson
	Chesham Town	Willie Greenwood
	Gray's Temperance	W. Layzell
	Haslemere Town	W. J. Douglas Sherriff
	Ilford Horns Temperance	R. Wilson
	London Temperance	Sam Cope
	Long Buckby Town	Arthur Muddiman
	Peterborough Borough	H. N. Brown
	South Notts Temperance	George Hames
	Thrapston Town	Nathaniel Smith
	Trebanos Silver	Jesse Manley
	Uxbridge and Hillingdon	W. J. Douglas Sherriff
	Walthamstow Temperance	C. H. Anderson
	Watford L.N.W Artisans	Willie Greenwood

Open to bands that had not won a cash prize exceeding £15 in the last two years.

The winning band was awarded the The Daily Express Challenge Shield (later used for the 2nd section of this contest and then the Grand Shield/Spring Festival).