Format:	Own Choice Test Piece Contest
Adjudicators:	Alfred R. Seddon
Venue:	Raith Park, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Draw
1	Wyke Temperance	Edwin Swift	Bayreuth	8
2	Oldham Rifles	Alexander Owen	The Valkyrie	6
3	Thurlstone	Charles Marsden	Le Prophete [arr. Owen]	5
3	Batley Old	Alexander Owen	Rossini's Works (arranged Owen)	9
5	Rochdale Old	Alexander Owen	Faust [Berlioz, unknown arranger]	3
6	Bo'ness and Carriden	John Gladney	Selection from Weber [arr. Round] 1890	11
7	Crossgates	Richard Marsden	Rossini [arr. Round] 1891	12
8	Portobello	Richard Marsden	Meyerbeer [unknown arranger]	13
	Alloa	James Robinson	Heroic 1884	1
	Irwell Bank	Alexander Owen	Heroic 1884	2
	Brechin	Richard Marsden	Meyerbeer [arr. Round] 1898	4
	Kirkcaldy Trades	Richard Marsden	Rossini [arr. Round] 1891	7
	Broxburn	James Robinson	Meyerbeer [arr. Round] 1898	10

Source:
The Dundee Courier & Argus (Dundee, Scotland), Monday, August 22, 1898; pg. 4; Issue 14088.
13 bands played; 7 English, 6 Scottish.
Prizes: £50, £35, £20, £15, £12, £9, £6, £3