Ray Preston (rugby league)

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Ray Preston (rugby league) - Wikipedia

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Ray Preston

Personal information

Full name

Raymond Preston

Born

10 November 1929
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Died

15 November 2019 (aged 90)
Penrith, New South Wales

Playing information

Position

Wing

Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1949–56	Newtown	115	107	0	0	321
1958–59	Parramatta	18	8	0	0	24
	Total	133	115	0	0	345
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1949	NSW City	1	0	0	0	0

Source: ^[1]

Ray Preston (10 November 1929 − 15 November 2019) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He was one of the game's most prolific try-scorers.^[2]

Playing career

He played eight seasons in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership for the Newtown club from 1949 to 1956. He played on the wing for the Newtown teams which won the 1954 and 1955 minor premierships, but lost both seasons' grand finals to Souths. During his eight seasons at Newtown, he played in over 100 games and he scored a record 107 tries.^[3]

Preston started his career in the Newtown Juniors Lewisham Club. At the end of the 1954 NSWRFL season Preston played for Newtown on the wing in their grand final loss to South Sydney. The 34 tries he scored in the 1954 season made him the competition's leading try scorer, and is also the Newtown club's record for most tries ever in a season. This record has never been bettered. His other winger in 1954, Kevin Considine, scored 22 tries in the same season, and their combined try total of 56 tries from a pair of club wingers is also a record.^[4]

Preston was also a professional runner, winning the Hanlon Gift (which was Queensland's largest 'prize money' footrace of the era) in Brisbane in 1957. He played a season at Macksville in 1957 before Sydney's Parramatta signed him for the 1958 NSWRFL season.^[5] Preston played two seasons at Parramatta before retiring at the end of 1959.

Death

Preston died at Penrith on 15 November 2019.^[6]

References

^ Whiticker, Alan. "Ray Preston". rugbyleagueproject.org. Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson and Bill Bates. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
^ "Vale Ray Preston". 17 November 2019.
^ Whittacker/Hudson: The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 1995 ISBN 1875169571
^ Whiticker, Alan. "Ray Preston". rugbyleagueproject.org. Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson and Bill Bates. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
^ "Parramatta R.L. signs Ray Preston". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax. 17 February 1958. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
^ "Vale: NRL in Memoriam 2019". www.nrl.com. 27 December 2019.

National Rugby League season top try scorers

1908 Horrie Miller
1909 Tommy Anderson
1910 Arthur McCabe
1911 Dave Garlick
1912 Roy Algie
1913 Harold Horder
1914 Harold Horder
1915 Frank Burge
1916 Frank Burge
1917 Harold Horder
1918 Frank Burge
1919 Gordon Wright
1920 Gordon Wright
1921 Gordon Wright
1922 Cec Blinkhorn
1923 Herman Peters
1924 Tommy Kennedy
1925 Benny Wearing
1926 Benny Wearing
1927 Benny Wearing
1928 Tony Redmond
1929 Alan Brady
1930 Morrie Boyle
1931 Jack Lynch
1932 Alan Ridley
1933 Jack Gray-Spence
1934 Dave Brown, Fred Gardner & Vic Hey
1935 Dave Brown
1936 Fred Tottey
1937 Fred Tottey
1938 Don Manson
1939 Sid Goodwin
1940 Jack Lindwall
1941 Percy Dermond & Sel Lisle
1942 Jack Lindwall
1943 Cyril McMahon
1944 Sid Goodwin
1945 Chicka Cahill & Jack Snare
1946 Jack Lindwall
1947 Bob Lulham
1948 Norm Jacobson
1949 Ron Roberts
1950 Jack Troy
1951 John Graves
1952 Peter O'Brien
1953 Ian Moir
1954 Ray Preston
1955 Brian Allsop & Ian Moir
1956 Tommy Ryan
1957 Tommy Ryan
1958 Eddie Lumsden
1959 Ken Irvine
1960 Reg Gasnier
1961 Johnny King
1962 Eddie Lumsden
1963 Reg Gasnier
1964 Reg Gasnier
1965 Johnny King
1966 Ken Irvine
1967 Les Hanigan
1968 Stan Gorton
1969 Ken Irvine
1970 Ken Irvine
1971 Paul Cross
1972 Bob Fulton
1973 Bob Fulton
1974 Kevin Junee & Bill Mullins
1975 Johnny Mayes
1976 Bob Fulton
1977 Russel Gartner
1978 Larry Corowa
1979 Mitch Brennan & Tom Mooney
1980 John Ribot & Wayne Wigham
1981 Terry Fahey
1982 Steve Ella
1983 Phil Blake
1984 Terry Lamb & Steve Morris
1985 Steve Linnane
1986 Phil Blake & Garry Schofield
1987 Terry Lamb
1988 John Ferguson
1989 Gary Belcher
1990 Mal Meninga
1991 Alan McIndoe
1992 Mark Bell & Tim Brasher
1993 Noa Nadruku
1994 Steve Renouf
1995 Steven Menzies
1996 Noa Nadruku
1997 Terry Hill (ARL) Matthew Ryan (SL)
1998 Darren Smith
1999 Nathan Blacklock
2000 Nathan Blacklock
2001 Nathan Blacklock
2002 Nigel Vagana
2003 Rhys Wesser
2004 Amos Roberts
2005 Matt Bowen
2006 Nathan Merritt
2007 Matt Bowen
2008 Brett Stewart
2009 Brett Morris
2010 Shaun Kenny-Dowall & Akuila Uate
2011 Ben Barba & Nathan Merritt
2012 Ben Barba
2013 Michael Jennings, Jorge Taufua & David Williams
2014 Alex Johnston
2015 Semi Radradra
2016 Jordan Rapana & Suliasi Vunivalu
2017 Josh Addo-Carr & Suliasi Vunivalu
2018 David Fusitu'a
2019 Maika Sivo
2020 Alex Johnston
2021 Alex Johnston
2022 Alex Johnston
2023 Dominic Young
2024 Alofiana Khan-Pereira

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