Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Memories of Donizetti
Adjudicators:	George H. Mercer
Venue:	Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Position	Band	Conductor
1	Spencer's Steelworks	Robert Rimmer
2	Backworth Institute	John Gladney
3	Chester-le-Street Town	John Hughes
4	South Moor	William Heap
5	Brandon Colliery	Unknown

1st prize £12, 2nd prize £8, 3rd prize £5, 4th prize £2.
March contest 1st Spencers Works, 2nd Backworth, 3rd Chester-le-Street.
5 bands competed