Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Don Sebastiano [arr. Godfrey] 1894
Adjudicators:	W. M. Short
Venue:	Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace Park, Sydenham, County of London, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Walthamstow Silver Prize Band	John Reay	6	93
2	Silverdale Silver	Enoch Booth	4	85
3	Coseley	Thomas German	11	82
4	Great Western Colliery	James H. Roberts	12	81
5	Barrow Shipyard	Francis Lucio Traversi	13	80
6	Castleford Subscription	J. W. Stamp	16	78
7	Scapegoat Hill	Angus Holden	14	76
8	East Kirkby Silver	Randolph Ryan	5	74
9	Bristol Imperial	Samuel Radcliffe	7	72
10	Cockerton	William Watson	10	64
11	Barnoldswick	Squire Firth	9	63
12	Peterborough Borough	John Gladney	3	60
13	Watford Artisans	Louis Allison	2	58
13	Grays and District Temperance	F. B. Gray	17	58
15	Felling Colliery	James Oliver	15	56
16	Hartlepool Borough	George Cornforth	1	50
17	Upper Norwood Temperance	Herbert Godfrey	8	46

The winning band was awarded the The Daily Express Challenge Shield (later used for the 2nd section of this contest and then the Grand Shield/Spring Festival).