Format:	Own Choice Test Piece Contest
Adjudicators:	Richard Stead
Venue:	Frosterley, County Durham

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Draw
1	Linthwaite	Edwin Swift	Halevy [arr. Round] 1895	6
2	Wyke Temperance	Edwin Swift	Beauties of England	1
3	West Hartlepool Operatic	Alexander Owen	Rossini's Works (arranged Owen)	5
4	South Derwent	John Gladney	Beethoven's Works [arr. Owen] 1887	4
5	New Shildon Temperance	William Holdsworth	Le Prophete [unknown arranger]	3
	Murton Colliery	George Raine	Faust [Berlioz arr. Ord Hume]	2
	Spennymoor Temperance	R. H. Cooper	Rossini [arr. Round] 1891	7

Each band played two selections
March contest: 1. Wyke, 2. West Hartlepool
Prizes: £21, £12, £2.
7 bands competed