Format:	Own Choice Test Piece Contest
Adjudicators:	Thomas Moore
Venue:	Brechin Public Park, Brechin, Angus, Scotland, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Draw
1	Clydebank	Richard Marsden	Beethoven Fantasia [arr. Gladney] 1887	6
2	Kirkcaldy	Richard Marsden	Faust [Berlioz arr. Owen] 1888	1
3	Carriden	Alexander Bell	Faust [Berlioz, unknown arranger]	5
4	Brechin	Richard Marsden	Verdi [arr. Round] 1892	3
4	Arbroath	Friend Farrand	Meyerbeer's Works	4
6	Crossgates	Richard Marsden	Rossini [arr. Round] 1891	2
W	Wright Memorial

Source:
The Dundee Courier & Argus (Dundee, Scotland), Friday, August 12, 1898; pg. 6; Issue 14080.
6 bands competed
Prizes: £25, £20, £15, £7, £3
Brechin and Arbroath were tied in placing.
March contest: 1. Carriden, 2. Brechin, 3. Kirkcaldy