Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – Tom Parri Jones National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – withheld National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal – withheld New books Idris Davies – Tonypandy and other poems D. Gwenallt Jones – Detholiad o Ryddiaith Gymraeg R. J. Derfel Huw Menai – The Simple Vision Music National Youth Orchestra of Wales formed, the world's first such organisation. Ivor Novello – Perchance to Dream Mansel Thomas – "Y Bardd" Film Ray Milland wins an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in The Lost Weekend. Broadcasting The BBC issues the first Welsh edition of Radio Times. Sport Football – The first post-war match between Wales and England ends in a 1 – 0 victory for Wales. Births 6 January – Barry John, rugby player 7 February – Gerald Davies, rugby player 12 February – Gareth Thomas, actor (died 2016) 19 February – Huw Llywelyn Davies, broadcaster 3 April – Gary Sprake, footballer (died 2016) 7 April – Martyn Lewis, TV journalist 2 May – Eddie Avoth, boxing champion 8 May – Mike German AM, politician 9 May – Malcolm Nash, cricketer (died 2019) 15 July – Rachel Lomax, economist 13 August – Howard Marks, drug trafficker (died 2016) 29 August (in Cromford) – Sue Essex AM, politician 7 September – Max Boyce, entertainer 15 September – Clive Merrison, actor 30 November – Roger Glover, musician 21 December – Alan Williams MP, politician date unknown – Lyn Evans, physicist Deaths 3 January Edward Peake, Wales international rugby union player, 84 Sir William James Thomas, 1st Baronet, industrialist, 77 9 January – Dennis O'Neill, murder victim, 12 11 January – Caradoc Evans, author, 66 16 January – Robert Griffith Berry, Congregationalist minister and writer, 75 17 January – Reginald Clarry MP, politician, 62 6 February – Edward Prosser Rhys, journalist and poet, 43 17 March – Sir Thomas Lewis, cardiologist, 63 26 March – David Lloyd George MP, politician, 82 12 May (in Brighton) – James Walker, MP for Newport (1929–31), 61 (in a road accident) 16 May – Harry Vaughan Watkins, Wales international rugby player, 69 11 June – Owen Evans MP, politician, 69 14 June – John Hugh Edwards, MP, 76 22 June – William Williams, Wales national rugby union player, 78 29 July – Cecil Griffiths, athlete, 44 (heart attack) 29 September – Evan James Williams, physicist, 42 (cancer) 15 November – John Lloyd Williams,