Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Crown Diamonds 1896
Adjudicators:	James Brier
Venue:	Ashfield Hall, Raunds, Northamptonshire

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw
1	Kettering Rifles	Thomas Preston	3
2	Irthlingborough	Thomas Preston	2
3	Rushden Rifles	Jeremiah Holdsworth	1
4	Finedon	Jeremiah Holdsworth	4
5	Thrapston	Nathaniel Smith	5

March contest - 1st Irthlingborough, 2nd Kettering Rifles.
Best horn and trombone - Kettering Rifles.
Best cornet and euphonium - Irthlingborough.
Prizes - 1st £15, 2nd £8, 3rd £4, 4th £2.
5 bands competed