Wales is held at Chester in England. The harpist William Frost is awarded a pedal harp by Pencerdd Gwalia New books English language Rees Howell Gronow — Last Recollections Welsh language Richard Davies (Mynyddog) — Caneuon Mynyddog Roger Edwards — Y Tri Brawd William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog) — Nodiadau ar yr Epistol at yr Hebreaid Music John Owen (Owain Alaw) — Gŵyl Gwalia John Thomas (Pencerdd Gwalia) — The Bride of Neath Valley (cantata) The Eryri music festival (Gwyl Gerddorol Eryri) is founded. Sport Cricket — Hawarden Park Cricket Club is founded, reputedly by William Ewart Gladstone. Rugby football — First competitive game played in Wales, between college teams at Lampeter. Births 13 January — Frank Hill, Wales international rugby captain (died 1927) 21 January — Sir Owen Cox, politician and businessman in Australia (died 1932) 22 March — Willie Thomas, Wales international rugby captain (died 1921) 1 April — Sir William Henry Hoare Vincent, diplomat (died 1941) 18 April — Frederick Llewellyn-Jones, lawyer and politician (died 1941) 20 April — Sir John Milsom Rees, laryngologist (died 1952) 30 May — John Gruffydd Moelwyn Hughes, poet and hymn-writer (died 1944) 5 August — Sir Edward Anwyl, Celtic scholar (died 1914) 7 August — Charles Granville Bruce, mountaineer (died 1939) 13 August - William Finney, cricketer (died 1927) 24 August — Caesar Jenkyns, footballer (died 1941) 4 October — Robert Jones (Trebor Aled), poet (died 1917) 12 October — James Ramsay MacDonald, politician (died 1937) 4 November — Sir David William Evans, lawyer, public servant and Wales international rugby player, (died 1926) 5 November — Daniel Protheroe, conductor and choirmaster (died 1934) 14 November — Tom Morgan Wales international rugby player (died 1899) 24 November — Alexander Bland, Wales international rugby player (died 1947) 4 December — Dai Lewis (died 1943), rugby union forward who played international rugby for Wales 10 December — Stanley L. Wood, illustrator (died 1928 15 December — William Williams, Wales national rugby union player (died 1945) date unknown — David Delta Evans (Dewi Hiraddug), journalist, author, and Unitarian minister (died 1948) Deaths 16 January — David Owen (Brutus), literary editor, 70 27 January — John Gibson, sculptor, 75 31 January — Owen Owen Roberts, physician, 73 29 March - , poet, 55 19 May — David Davis, Blaengwawr, industrialist, 69 31 August (approx) — Robert Jermain Thomas, missionary (murdered in Korea), 26 October — Evan Bevan,