Playing Career
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
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
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 | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City vs Country Firsts | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Country Carnival | - | 6 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | - | 130 | 115 | 0 | - | 345 | 69 | 54 | 7 | 53.08% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 5 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 131 | 115 | 0 | - | 345 | 72 | 57 | 7 | 54.96% | List | |||||
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% | List | ||||
| Probables (AU) | 1954 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| North Coast | 1957 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1949-1957 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1949 | 17 | 12 | - | - | 36 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 47.06% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1950 | 8 | 11 | - | - | 33 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87.50% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1951 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1952 | 15 | 9 | - | - | 27 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 40.00% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1953 | 16 | 18 | - | - | 54 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1954 | 21 | 34 | - | - | 102 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 76.19% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1955 | 18 | 9 | - | - | 27 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 77.78% | List | ||||
| Newtown | NSWRFL 1956 | 14 | 13 | - | - | 39 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 64.29% | List | ||||
| Parramatta | NSWRFL 1958 | 14 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 7.14% | List | ||||
| Parramatta | NSWRFL 1959 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Newtown | 1949-56 | 113 | 107 | - | - | 321 | 68 | 38 | 7 | 60.18% | List | ||||
| Parramatta | 1958-59 | 17 | 8 | - | - | 24 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 5.88% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1949-1959 | 130 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 345 | 69 | 54 | 7 | 53.08% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Alan Katzmann, Tony McCarron, Max Turner, Wests Archives, Tim Costello
Your Say
30 Aug 2013 4:41pm
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.
6 Mar 2019 5:15pm
Great footballer, great bloke an absolute credit to the game of rugby league. Up the bluebags.
4 Oct 2021 6:00pm
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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