Format:	Own Choice Test Piece Contest
Adjudicators:	Robert Smith
Venue:	Roker Park, Sunderland

Position	Band	Conductor	Music
1	Amalgamated Musicians'	W. W. Lax	Maritana [arr. Round] 1888
2	Sunderland Naval	S. Barkle	I Lombardi
3	1st Durham Artillery (Sunderland)	W. W. Lax	Gipsy Life
4	Sunderland East End	John Mackintosh	Tannhäuser [unknown arranger]
5	Sunderland Temperance	James Thurlow	Memories of Britain
6	3rd Durham Rifles	Mr. Murrell	Morocco Bound

The prize for the three winning bands was to provide the music during the evenings in the approaching summer.

The Sunderland Amalgamated Musicians' Union would provide music in the afternoons.