Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Gems of Modern Melody
Adjudicators:	James Holloway
Venue:	Hexham, Northumberland, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw
1	Consett Iron Works	William Holdsworth	1
2	Haltwhistle Rifles	F. Bailey	8
3	Murton Colliery	John Gladney	2
4	South Derwent	R. H. Cooper	3
4	Spencer's Steel Works	Thomas Valentine	6
	Hartlepool Temperance	William Holdsworth	4
	Edward's Shipyard	W. Barrow	5
	Liddesdale Temperance	James Crozier	7
	Mickley Temperance	T. Brown	9
	South Derwent Junior	R. H. Cooper	10

Prizes: £15, £10, £4 and 8 guinea instrument, £3 and 7 guinea instrument
March contest: 1. . Consett Iron Works, 2. Haltwhistle Rifles
10 bands competed