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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alan Herbert Preston | ||
| Date of birth | 29 October 1932 | ||
| Place of birth | Wellington, New Zealand | ||
| Date of death | 2 September 2004 (aged 71) | ||
| Place of death | Wellington, New Zealand | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Victoria University | |||
| International career | |||
| New Zealand | 3 | (0) | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Alan Herbert Preston (29 October 1932 – 2 September 2004) was a New Zealand football (soccer) player and cricketer who represented the New Zealand national football team[1] and played 38 first-class matches for Wellington and two for the North Island.[2]
Football
[edit]Preston made his full All Whites debut in a 2–1 win over Australia on 14 August 1954 and played twice over the next two weeks against the same opposition, losing both 1–4.[3]
Cricket
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| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1955/56–1962/63 | Wellington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 9 September 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A right-hand batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler, Preston played 38 matches for Wellington, and two for a North Island XI against the South Island XI, between 1955 and 1963. He averaged 24.54 runs in 69 innings, with a highest score of 122 in Wellington's victory over Northern Districts in 1956–57,[4] and had career-best bowling figures of 3 for 32.[2] In early 1959, the cricket correspondent of The Press described him as "a plucky batsman and a magnificent field" and said he was unlucky to miss Test selection.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ "A-International Appearances – Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Archived from the original on 1 May 2009. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
- 1 2 "Alan Preston". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 September 2009.
- ↑ "A-International Lineups". Ultimate New Zealand Soccer. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
- ↑ "Wellington v Northern Districts 1956-57". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
- ↑ "N.Z. Team Chosen to Play England". Press: 14. 17 February 1959.