Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Crown Diamonds 1896
Adjudicators:	William Heap
Venue:	Ambulance Hall, Treorchy, Glamorgan

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw
1	Ferndale	Samuel Radcliffe	4
2	Cory's	John Bailey	3
3	Albion Colliery Workmen	Gus Foxall	1
4	Dinas	George Hawkins	2
	Cwmaman Silver	H. S. Thomas	5
	Ogmore Valley Temperance	Samuel Gillard	6
	Aberdare Town	Jesse Manley	7

March contest - 1st Ferndale, 2nd Cory, 3rd Dinas.
7 bands competed.