Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Victoria Regina 1897
Adjudicators:	Charles Henry Kay
Venue:	Sherburn Hill

Position	Band	Conductor
1	Murton Colliery	Unknown
2	Thornley Colliery	Unknown
3	Chester-le-Street C.E.T.S	Unknown
	Harrington Colliery	Unknown
	North Biddick Colliery	Unknown
	Sunderland Temperance	Unknown

Prizes: £8 and cornet, £3 and trombone, £1
March contest: 1. Thornley Colliery, 2. Chester-le-Street C.E.T.S.