Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	La Favorita [arr. Round] 1898
Adjudicators:	Joseph Walker
Venue:	Brandon, County Durham, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Points
1	New Brancepeth Institute	William Calvert
2	Birtley League of the Cross	R. H. Cooper
3	Felling Colliery Silver	James Oliver
4	Hebburn Temperance	J. Richardson
	Barrington	Unknown
	Browney Silver	Unknown	.
	Butterknowle Silver	Unknown
	Chester le Street	Unknown
	Dunston Temperance	Unknown
	Jarrow Borough	Unknown
	Spennymoor Temperance	Unknown
	Sunderland Temperance	Unknown
	Willington	Unknown	.

Prizes - 1st £8, 2nd £5, 3rd £3, 4th £1.10s.,
March Contest - 1st Birtley, 2nd Hebburn.
13 bands competed