Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Mercadante
Adjudicators:	Richard Stead
Venue:	West Stanley, County Durham

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw
1	Wyke	Edwin Swift	1
2	Heworth Colliery	William Heap	10
3	Murton Colliery	Angus Holden	5
4	Hebburn Colliery	William Heap	6
5	Backworth Colliery	Angus Holden	9
	West Pelton	William Heap	2
	Spencer's Steelworks	Thomas Valentine	3
	South Derwent	R. H. Cooper	4
	Rise Carr	W. H. Crowther	7
	Brandon Colliery	G. W. Bowes	8

Prizes - 1st £30, 2nd £20, 3rd £15, 4th £10, 5th £5.
March contest - 1st(£3) and 2nd(£1.10s.) divided between Wyke and Murton Colliery. 3rd(10s.) divided between Spencer's Steelworks, West Pelton and Backworth.
15th annual contest
10 bands competed.