- A Faith that Enquires Arthur Machen - The Secret Glory Welsh language D. Ambrose Jones - J. Glyn Davies Music 10 October - Contralto Leila Megane makes the first recording of Sir Edward Elgar's Sea Pictures, with Elgar himself conducting. Walford Davies is knighted for his services to music. Film The Last King of Wales, starring Charles Ashton Lyn Harding makes an early screen appearance in When Knighthood Was in Flower. Ivor Novello stars in The Bohemian Girl Broadcasting Sport Rugby union - Wales wins the Five Nations championship. Football (soccer) Cardiff City FC win the Welsh Cup Porth F.C. win the Welsh Football League, but are suspended from the SWMFA for failing to pay their debts. Garden Village Football Club is formed. Births 2 January – D. Geraint James, physician (d. 2010) 15 January – Emlyn Davies, rugby international (d. 2016) 16 February – Sir Geraint Evans, opera singer (d. 1992) 14 March – Colin Fletcher, pioneering backpacker and writer (d. 2007) 24 March – Arthur "Waring" Bowen, solicitor and charity worker 16 April (in London) Kingsley Amis, novelist associated with Swansea (d. 1995) Rees Stephens, Welsh international rugby union captain (d. 1998) 21 April – Allan Watkins, England Test cricketer (d. 2011) 7 May Gwyn Hughes, footballer (d. 1999) Monica Jones, lecturer in English literature, a lover of Philip Larkin (d. 2001) 11 June – Tom Cole, Welsh-American racing driver (d. 1953) 26 June – William Griffiths, hockey player (d. 2010) 4 July (in the United States) – Phyllis Kinney, expert on Welsh folk music 18 July Ray Cale, dual code international rugby player (d. 2006) Ray Lambert, footballer (d. 2009) 20 July – Ruth Bidgood (née Jones), poet (d. 2022) 10 August – Bert Evans, Welsh-American footballer (d. 2008) 12 September – Arthur Daniels, rugby league player (d. 2001) 3 October – Hugh James, aviator (d. 2015) 31 October – Talfryn Thomas, comedy actor (d. 1982) 18 December – Maldwyn Jones, historian (d. 2007) 22 December – Eryl Davies, teacher and school inspector (d. 1982) date unknown Thomas Nathaniel Davies, painter (d. 1996) Denis Griffiths, tenor (d. 2001) Deaths 29 January – George Owen, footballer, 56 4 February – Sir Henry Jones, philosopher, 69 25 February – Mary Jane Evans, teacher, preacher and actress, 34 9 April – Constance Jones, English-born philosopher and educator, 74 22 April – W. Llewelyn Williams, lawyer and historian, 55 3