Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	La Favorita [arr. Round] 1898
Adjudicators:	James Ord Hume
Venue:	Bellister Castle, Haltwhistle, Northumberland

Position	Band	Conductor
1	Workington Artillery	George Lowden
2	Consett Ironworks	William Holdsworth
3	Haltwhistle Volunteer	F. Bailey
4	Hamsterley Colliery	Thomas Snowdon

4 bands competed
March contest: 1. Workington, 2. Consett