Alan Preston

This article is about the New Zealand footballer and cricketer. For the Scottish footballer, see Allan Preston. For the New Zealand jeweller, see Alan Preston (jeweller).

Alan Preston

Personal information
Full name	Alan Herbert Preston
Date of birth	(1932-10-29)29 October 1932
Place of birth	Wellington, New Zealand
Date of death	2 September 2004(2004-09-02) (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 and played 38 first-class matches for Wellington and two for the North Island.

Football

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.

Cricket

Cricket information
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1955/56–1962/63	Wellington
Career statistics
Competition FC Matches 40 Runs scored 1,448 Batting average 24.54 100s/50s 1/8 Top score 122 Balls bowled 2,740 Wickets 32 Bowling average 34.46 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 3/32 Catches/stumpings 30/–
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, and had career-best bowling figures of 3 for 32. 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.