Format:	Own Choice Test Piece Contest
Adjudicators:	James Holloway
Venue:	Old Hill, Rowley Regis, Staffordshire

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Draw
1	Blackheath Village	Thomas German	Mercadante	8
2	Langley	W. Jewkes	Mercadante	5
3	Birmingham St. Mary's	W. F. Rowe	Verdi [arr. Round] 1892	6
	Brierley Hill Town	T. Price	Songs of England [Round]	1
	Kings Norton	A. Woodbine	Gems of Scotia	3
	Halesowen Temperance	J. Partridge	La Favorita [arr. Round] 1898	4
	Woodgate	T. Henshaw	Mercadante	7
D	Walsall Town		Operatic Selection [unknown arranger]	2

March contest - 1st Blackheath, 2nd Langley.
Best soprano and cornet - Blackheath.
Best trombone - Woodgate.
Walsall awarded 1st prize in selection and march and later disqualified.
8 bands competed.