Roger Davis is struck on the temple while fielding at short leg and survives largely thanks to the intervention of Dr Colin Lewis (grandfather of Rhydian Roberts). Gymnastics - Pam Hopkins wins the British Women's Championship. Rugby union - Wales win their sixth Grand Slam. Sailing - Nicolette Milnes-Walker becomes the first woman to sail non-stop single-handed across the Atlantic. Births 11 January - Tom Ward, actor 23 January - Scott Gibbs, rugby player 19 March (in Taunton) - Kirsty Williams, politician 2 April - Chico Slimani, singer 8 July - Neil Jenkins, rugby player 18 August (in Limerick) - Aphex Twin, musician 8 September - Martyn Margetson, footballer 3 October - Zoe Lyons, comedian 26 October - Damon Searle, footballer 5 November Chris Addison, Cardiff-born comedian Rob Jones, footballer 18 December - Jason Hughes, actordate unknownJason Walford Davies, poet and academic Eleri Siôn, née Jones, media presenter Deaths 2 January – Harold Jones, convicted murderer, 64 12 January – Gwenan Jones, historian and politician, 81 4 March – Ifan Gruffydd ("Y Gŵr o Baradwys"), author, 75 8 March – Harold Lloyd, American comedy actor of Welsh descent, 77 18 March – Jack Gore, Wales international rugby player, 71 9 April – Dewi Morgan, poet, scholar and journalist, 93 19 April – Thomas Evan Nicholas (Niclas y Glais), writer and political activist, 91 18 May – William Mainwaring MP, miners' leader 20 May – Waldo Williams, poet, 66 29 May – Howell Lewis, Wales international rugby player, 83 5 June – Clifford Dyment, poet, 57 5 July – Idris Jones, chemist and rugby player, 71 11 July – Brenda Chamberlain, poet and artist, 59 4 September – C. E. Vulliamy, author, 85 1 October – Bill Davies, cricketer, 65 9 November - Ceri Richards, artist, 68 27 November - Leslie Thomas, politician, 65 1 December - Jack Jenkins, Wales international rugby player, 91date unknown'' James Conway Davies, historian and palaeographer, 79 Jack Evans, footballer See also 1971 in Northern Ireland References Wales Wales