| Alan Preston | |
| Fullname: | Alan Herbert Preston |
| Position: | Forward |
| Birth Date: | 29 October 1932 |
| Birth Place: | Wellington, New Zealand |
| Death Place: | Wellington, New Zealand |
| Clubs1: | Victoria University |
| Nationalteam1: | New Zealand |
| Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
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]
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]
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
| Club1: | Wellington |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 40 |
| Runs1: | 1,448 |
| Bat Avg1: | 24.54 |
| 100S/50S1: | 1/8 |
| Top Score1: | 122 |
| Deliveries1: | 2,740 |
| Wickets1: | 32 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 34.46 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 3/32 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 30/– |
| Date: | 9 September |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Source: | http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/22/22694/22694.html CricketArchive |
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 between 1955 and 1963. He averaged 24.54 runs in 69 innings, and had career best bowling figures of 3 for 32.