Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Crown Diamonds 1896
Adjudicators:	H. Barker
Venue:	Jarrow, Tyne and Wear, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor
1	Sunderland East End	John Mackintosh
2	Marsden Colliery	R. Dennison
3	Wingate Grange	J. R. Criston
4	Hamsterley Colliery	R. J. Chaytor

Promoted by Jarrow Borough Band
Prizes: £5 and euphonium, £2 10s and cornet, £2, 15s
March contest: 1. Wingate Grange
4 bands competed