Format:	Own Choice Test Piece Contest
Adjudicators:	J. Ord Hume
Venue:	Blackhill, County Durham, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Music
1	Wyke Temperance	Edwin Swift
2	West Hartlepool Operatic	Alexander Owen
3	Rotherham Temperance	Fenton Renshaw
4	Consett Iron Co.	Unknown	Meyerbeer [arr. Round] 1898
5	Hartlepool Temperance	Unknown
6	West Pelton	Unknown
7	Frosterley	Unknown

Prizes: £22, £12, £6

9 bands entered

March contest: 1. Wyke, 2. West Hartlepool, 3. Hartlepool Temperance