Format:	Own Choice Test Piece Contest
Adjudicators:	A. Stanley Redgate
Venue:	Pleasley, Derbyshire

Position	Band	Conductor	Music
1	Riddings	George Hames	Stiffelio [arr. Gladney] 1874
2	Handsworth Woodhouse	John William Cook	Meyerbeer's Works [unknown arranger]
3	Chesterfield Temperance	Charles John Elsom	Meyerbeer's Works [unknown arranger]
4	Grimesthorpe	J. Brock	Meyerbeer's Works [unknown arranger]
	Kirkby-in-Ashfield	Unknown
	Parkgate	Unknown

1st annual contest promoted by Pleasley Colliery Band
Restricted to bands which had not won over £5 in 1895/1896
11 bands competed
Prizes: £5, £3, £1 10s
Cornet medal: E. Trout (Woodhouse)