Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Crown Diamonds 1896
Adjudicators:	George Hames
Venue:	Olympia, Newcastle

Position	Band	Conductor
1	Jarrow Borough	Thomas Henderson
2	Chester-le-Street C.E.T.S	R. H. Cooper
3	Brampton Temperance	James Ord Hume
4	Hamsterley Colliery	R. J. Chaytor
5	Trimdon Grange Temperance	J. G. Hughes
6	Harrogate Temperance	Thomas Valentine
7	South Shields Harmonic	Joseph Greenwood
8	Ashington Temperance	Thomas Floyd
9	Stanhope Saxhorn	James Ord Hume
	Gateshead St. Paul's	Unknown
	Marsden Colliery	Unknown
	Southwick	Unknown
	St. Andrew's (Pelton Fell)	Unknown
	Tow Law Model	Unknown

Cornet, horn and euphonium medals: Hamsterley
2nd cornet medal: Trimdon
Baritone medal: Jarrow