Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Der Freischütz [arr. Round] 1898
Adjudicators:	Basil Windsor
Venue:	Cricket Field, Durham City

Position	Band	Conductor
1	Blackhall Original	Wilfred Dawson
2	Heworth Colliery	William Heap
3	Murton Colliery	Harry Jackson
4	Hetton	J. W. Richardson
	Backworth Colliery	Unknown
	Boldon Colliery	Unknown
	Craghead Colliery	Unknown
	Houghton Colliery	Unknown
	Morrison Colliery	Unknown
	Oakenshaw Colliery	Unknown
	Urpeth Colliery	Unknown
	Winlaton	Unknown

Prizes - 1st £12 and medals, 2nd £7.10s., 3rd £5, 4th £2.10s.
March contest (own choice) - 1st(£2) Blackhall, 2nd (£1) Heworth.
12 bands competed.