Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	L'Etoile du Nord [arr. Godfrey] 1887
Adjudicators:	W. R. K. Straughan
Venue:	Hetton, County Durham

Position	Band	Conductor
1	Sunderland East End	John Mackintosh
2	Birtley Town	James Young
3	Brandon Colliery	Wilfred Turnbull
4	Dunston Temperance	Unknown
4	Pelton Colliery	Unknown
	Browney Colliery	Unknown
	Sacriston Town	Unknown
	Shotton Colliery	Unknown
	South Pelaw	Unknown
	Southwick Public	Unknown

1st prize £9, 2nd prize £6, 3rd prize £3, 4th prize £1 divided between Pelton Colliery and Dunston Temperance.
March contest - 1st Brandon Colliery, 2nd Birtley Town.
9 bands competed