Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Gems of Victorian Melody
Adjudicators:	Joseph Owen Shepherd
Venue:	Ibrox Park, Glasgow

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw
1	Clydebank	Richard Marsden	7
2	Alloa Instrumental	James Robinson	3
3	Hawick Saxhorn	Walter Atkinson	1
4	Crossgates Public	Richard Marsden	5
5	Bo'ness & Carriden	Adam Bell	6
6	Kirkcaldy Trades	John Gladney	4
	Alva R.V.	Frank Mellor	2
	Wright Memorial	John Wotherspoon	8

Source:
The Dundee Courier & Argus (Dundee, Scotland), Tuesday, June 29, 1897; pg. 4; Issue 13729.
Prizes: £30, £20, £10, £7, £5, £3
8 bands competed