Format:	Own Choice Test Piece Contest
Adjudicators:	J. A. Fender
Venue:	Loftus-in-Cleveland

Position	Band	Conductor	Music
1	Woodlands Colliery	John Gladney	Stiffelio [arr. Gladney] 1874
2	Thornaby Ironworks	William Lambert	Tannhäuser [unknown arranger]
3	Loftus and Skinningrove Mines	J. Parsons	Honoria
4	1st Durham V.R. (Stockton)	Thomas Spence	Il Giuramento [arr. Smith]
5	Loftus	John Hugill	Gems of Mozart [arr. T. Wright] 1875
W	New Shildon Temperance

Prizes: £7, £5, £3, £2, £1