Alan Herbert Preston was a New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 football (soccer) player and cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

er who represented the New Zealand national football team and played 38 first-class matches for Wellington

Wellington Firebirds

The Wellington Firebirds are one of six New Zealand first-class cricket teams that make up New Zealand Cricket.It is based in Wellington. It competes in the State Championship first class competition, the State Shield domestic one day competition and the State Twenty20 Cricket Tournament.The...

 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 2 weeks against the same opposition, losing both 1-4.

Cricket

A right hand batsman and right arm medium pace bowler, Preston played 38 matches for Wellington Firebirds

Wellington Firebirds

The Wellington Firebirds are one of six New Zealand first-class cricket teams that make up New Zealand Cricket.It is based in Wellington. It competes in the State Championship first class competition, the State Shield domestic one day competition and the State Twenty20 Cricket Tournament.The...

 and 2 for a North Island IX 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.

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