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Ray Preston

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Playing Career

All information provided below is based only on data available in the RLP database and should be used as a guide only.

Vital Statistics

Full Name
Raymond George Preston
Born
Thursday, 10th November, 1927
Died
Friday, 15th November, 2019 (Aged 92 years and 5 days)
Place Of Birth
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Competitions Won

NSW City vs Country Firsts
1949

Biography

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.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Playing Career Statistics

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Representative Career - Australia   Comp Wins Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G   A GK % 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
NSW City vs Country Firsts 1 1 - 1 --- -     - - - - - - 1 - - 100.00% List
NSW City vs Country 1 1 - 1 --- -     - - - - - - 1 - - 100.00% List
Club Career - Australia   Comp Wins Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G   A GK % 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Country Carnival - 6 - 6 6-6 -     - - 18 - - - 4 2 - 66.67% List
NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) - 130 - 130 115-115 0 / 2 0.00% - - 345 - - - 69 54 7 53.08% List
NRL Finals - 5 - 5 1-1 -     - - 3 - - - 2 3 - 40.00% List
Overall   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G   A GK % 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
First Class  131 - 131 115-115 0 / 2 0.00% - - 345 - - - 70 54 7 53.44% List

Australia - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G   A GK % 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
NSW City Firsts 1949   1 - 1 --- -     - - - - - - 1 - - 100.00% List
Probables (AU) 1954   1 1 2 1-1 -     - - 3 - - - 1 - 1 50.00% List
North Coast 1957   1 - 1 1-1 -     - - 3 - - - - 1 - 0.00% List

NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) - By Year

Team Season   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G   A GK % 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
NewtownNewtown 19491949 NSWRFL   17 - 1712-12 -     - - 36 - - - 8 8 1 47.06% List
NewtownNewtown 19501950 NSWRFL   8 - 811-11 -     - - 33 - - - 7 - 1 87.50% List
NewtownNewtown 19511951 NSWRFL   4 - 41-1 -     - - 3 - - - - 4 - 0.00% List
NewtownNewtown 19521952 NSWRFL   15 - 159-9 -     - - 27 - - - 6 9 - 40.00% List
NewtownNewtown 19531953 NSWRFL   16 - 1618-18 -     - - 54 - - - 8 6 2 50.00% List
NewtownNewtown 19541954 NSWRFL   21 - 2134-34 - / 2 0.00% - - 102 - - - 16 3 2 76.19% List
NewtownNewtown 19551955 NSWRFL   18 - 189-9 -     - - 27 - - - 14 3 1 77.78% List
NewtownNewtown 19561956 NSWRFL   14 - 1413-13 -     - - 39 - - - 9 5 - 64.29% List
ParramattaParramatta 19581958 NSWRFL   14 - 147-7 -     - - 21 - - - 1 13 - 7.14% List
ParramattaParramatta 19591959 NSWRFL   3 - 31-1 -     - - 3 - - - - 3 - 0.00% List

NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G   A GK % 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Newtown 1949-56   113 - 113 107-107 - / 2 0.00% - - 321 - - - 68 38 7 60.18% List
Parramatta 1958-59   17 - 17 8-8 -     - - 24 - - - 1 16 - 5.88% List

Your Say

  • Anonymous
    30 Aug 2013 5:41pm

    Unquestionably the best winger not to represent NSW or Australia.
    Amazing 107 tries in 117 games for Newtown (Bluebags).
    34 tries in 1954 scored in 21 games.
    A scratch mark professional sprinter, speed was his trademark.

  • Anonymous
    6 Mar 2019 5:15pm

    Great footballer, great bloke an absolute credit to the game of rugby league. Up the bluebags.

  • Stan
    4 Oct 2021 7:00pm

    I notice ray warren mentioned him during the grand final not enough mentioned about ray thats a pity I still remember him at Henson Park giving Ken Irvine a start & running him down & what about that record trys in 1955 34 trys & together with Kevin considen 55 trys for the season thanks for the memories stan

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