THE story of the Jones brothers of Builth Wells is long overlooked in the sporting history of the Powys town.

However such was the conveyor belt of talent emerging in the town during the Victorian era, brothers Albert and Gordon, were both highly thought of players.

While both played for their country, only Albert followed his dreams into professional football – turning out for Nottingham Forest and Notts County – while younger brother Gordon rejected a similar chance offered by Swindon Town due to family reasons with a career in sport not as respected as is it today.

ALBERT THOMAS JONES

Born Talgarth 6 1883 died Belper 1963

Two caps: (Nottingham F) v England 1905; (Notts Co) v England 1906

Career: Builth T 1900-02; Talgarth; Harbone Lynwood; Swindon 1902-03 21 apps; Nottingham F 1903-04 13 apps; Notts Co 1905-07 30 apps; Norwich 1907-08 six apps; Wellington T 1908-10; Swansea 1913.

The son of a chemist, Albert Jones captained the local club before joining Swindon.

In 1908 he was described as “the young full back who promised such great things when he came out of Swindon’.

Jones later kept an hotel’ in Wellington and then the Barley Mow Hotel in Builth.

He was reinstated as an amateur and capped by Wales at that level.

At one time he had a gents hairdressing business and then worked as a pharmacist’s assistant.

GORDON PEACE JONES

Born Talgarth 1886; died Llandrindod Wells 1977

Two caps: (Wrexham) v Ireland, Scotland 1907

Career: Builth FC; Wellington T; Wrexham 1906-07; Shrewsbury T 1907-08; Wellington T 1908-10; Accrington S 1910-11; Shrewsbury T 1911-14; Ebbw Vale 1914

Gordon Jones moved to Builth at a young age and later took up soccer for the local side.

He followed his elder brother Albert to Swindon but turned down their offer of terms ‘for family reasons’.

At Wrexham, Jones was known as ‘a very attractive player to watch, fast in his runs and accurate in his centres’.

After retiring he became a referee and followed his father’s profession as a chemist.

During the First World War Jones was lance corporal with the Montgomeryshire Yeomanry, serving in Egypt in 1917 as a lieutenant in the Machine Gun Corps.