Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Stradella - overture [unknown arranger]
Adjudicators:	Thomas Valentine
Venue:	Olympia, Newcastle

Position	Band	Conductor
1	Candlish's Seaham Harbour	George Perry
2	Barrington	Richard Taylor
3	Wheatley Hill	M. Charlton
4	Southwick Parish	Gibson Stephenson
5	Gateshead Borough	James Ord Hume
6	Derwent Vale	James Ord Hume
7	Abbot Memorial School (Gateshead)	Robert Smith
	Bardon Mill	Matthew Saint
	Gateshead Workhouse	James Amers
	Richmond Corporation	James Ord Hume
	Scotswood and District	Thomas Woods
	Seaton Delaval Hastings	James Ord Hume
	Shiney Row Temperance	George Howe
	Sleetburn Model	William Calvert
	Sunderland East End	R. Childs
	Tow Law Model	Thomas McDonald

16 bands competed
Best boys: Abbot Memorial
March contest: 1. Wheatley, 2. Seaham, 3. Southwick
Prizes: £5 and 11 guinea cornet, £3 and £10 trombone, £2 and 8 guinea cornet, £1 10s and 7 guinea flugel, £1 and baton, 1 guinea metronome