Format:	Own Choice Test Piece Contest
Adjudicators:	James Ord Hume
Venue:	Wellingborough, Northants

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Draw
1	Higham Ferrers	Herbert Roach	Maritana [arr. Round] 1888	3
2	Peterborough Borough	John Gladney	Tannhäuser [unknown arranger]	4
3	Thrapston Town	Walter Reynolds	Maritana [arr. Round] 1888	1
3	Wollaston Excelsior	John King Skinner	Joan of Arc [Round] 1884	5
5	Northampton Town	G. Thacker	Macbeth [unknown composer, unknown arranger]	2

Organised by Wellingborough Town Silver Band
Reported in Northampton Herald, 31st July 1897
5 bands competed