Ray Preston

Newtown junior (Lewisham) was graded with the club in 1948. A professional runner (he won the Hanlon Gift in Brisbane in 1957) Preston was chosen in the centres for NSW but a sprained ankle cost him his place in the State team the following year. His only major rep appearance was for ‘Rest of Australia’ v. Kangaroos in 1954 but he formed a tremendous wing partnership with Ken Considine at club level. Preston scored a post-war record 34 tries during the 1954 season (Considine scored 22 tries that year, for a combined total of 56 tries - easily a record for a pair of club wingers). Preston played in losing grand final teams in 1954-55 before leaving Newtown the following year with a club record number of tries to his credit. He spent the 1957 season as captain-coach of Macksville before joining a number of Newtown clubmates at P’matta.

Career Statistics

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Representative
Australia - By Team
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
NSW City Firsts	1949	1	-	-				-	-	1	0	0	100.00%
Overall	1949	1	0	0				0		1	0	0	100.00%
Club Career
Australian League Matches - By Year
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
Newtown	NSWRFL 1949	?	12	-				-	36
Newtown	NSWRFL 1950	?	11	-				-	33
Newtown	NSWRFL 1951	?	1	-				-	3
Newtown	NSWRFL 1952	?	9	-				-	27
Newtown	NSWRFL 1953	?	18	-				-	54
Newtown	NSWRFL 1954	?	34	-				-	102
Newtown	NSWRFL 1955	?	9	-				-	27
Newtown	NSWRFL 1956	?	13	-				-	39
Parramatta	NSWRFL 1958	?	7	-				-	21
Parramatta	NSWRFL 1959	?	1	-				-	3
Overall	1949-1959	?	115	0				0	345	?	?	?	?
Australian League Matches - By Team
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
Newtown	1949-56	?	107	-				-	321	?	?	?	?
Parramatta	1958-59	?	8	-				-	24	?	?	?	?
Overall	1949-1959	?	115	0				0	345	?	?	?	?

 

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