Format:	Set Test and Own Choice
Adjudicators:	Thomas Bulch , Thomas Riley , Ernest Wood
Venue:	Ballarat Oval, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Set Test Draw	Own Choice Draw	Set Test	Own Choice	Total
1	Lord Nelson Miners -- St.Arnaud	Anthony Grieve	Rossini's Works (arranged Owen)	9	9	94	84	178
2	Bathurst District (NSW)	Samuel Lewins	Reminiscences of Weber [arr. Bulch] 1894	3	3	76	77	153
3	Prouts Band -- Ballarat	Arthur Prout	Lucia di Lammermoor - Selection [arr. Kappey]	2	6	70	79	149
4	2nd Battalion Launceston Garrison (Tas)	George Harrison	Selection From Great Masters	7	8	65	60	125
4	Eaglehawk Citizens	George Brinkman	Reminiscences of Weber [arr. Bulch] 1894	8	1	62	63	125
6	Geelong Town	Sharpe Brearley	Tannhäuser [arr. Round] 1887	5	4	70	51	121
7	3rd Battalion Infantry Brigade -- Ballarat	James Gray	Selection from Weber [arr. Round] 1890	1	5	56	59	115
7	Hopetoun -- Bendigo	W. Norman	I Lombardi	6	7	58	57	115
9	Bulch's Model -- Ballarat	James Scarff	Meyerbeer [arr. Round] 1898	4	2	48	55	103

INTRODUCTION of Brass Band Contest
The Royal South Street Society added a Brass Band section to the program of events

The contest was billed as the Grand Intercolonial Band Contest (Ungraded) with the following conditions
Reed Instruments permitted
(3rd Battalion Launceston only band to include reed instruments)
No Drums or Cymbals
No less than 16 or more that 24 players
Each band to play 2 selections or 1 selection & 1 overture
The winners were decided on the total aggregate points of the 2 selections

9 bands competed-- 7 from Victoria - 1 each from Tasmania and N S W

A Quickstep Diagram March was held on Sunday 7th.

15,000 people thronged the City Oval for the closing scene.

No.1 Selection points listed under Test
No.2 Selection points listed under Own Choice