Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Gems of Columbia 1896
Adjudicators:	A. D. Keate
Venue:	Parish Hall, Coedpoeth, Wrexham, Wales, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw
1	Royal Oakeley	Alexander Owen	1
2	Failsworth St. John's	W. H. Ellwood	3
3	Coedpoeth Silver	Thomas Valentine	4
4	Ellesmere Port	James Garner	2

Prizes - 1st £10, 2nd £3, 3rd £2.
March contest (Tempest) - 1st Royal Oakeley, 2nd Coedpoeth.
4 bands competed.