Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Il Barbiere [arr. Winterbottom] 1871
Adjudicators:	A. Gray
Venue:	Cricket Field, Bath Road, Newcastle

Position	Band	Conductor
1	Hetton Colliery	William Straughan
2	St. Hilda Colliery	J. A. Greenwood
3	Brandon Colliery	William Heap
4	Shields Garibaldi	W. W. Elliott
5	Sunderland Temperance	James Oliver
	Birtley Town	Unknown
	Dunston Temperance	Unknown
	Percy Main	Unknown
	Shotton Colliery	Unknown
	South Pelaw	Unknown

1st prize £8 and cup.
2nd prize £5.
3rd prize £2.
4th prize £1.10s.
5th prize 10s.

10 bands competed.