Jack Preston
John Preston (born 31 March 1878) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s. He played at representative level for England and Lancashire, and at club level for Swinton and Warrington (Heritage № 123), as a forward (prior to the specialist positions of; prop, hooker, second-row, loose forward), during the era of contested scrums.[1]
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| Full name | John Preston | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 March 1878 Lancashire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | unknown | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career
International honours
Jack Preston won a cap for England while at Warrington in 1905 against Other Nationalities.[2]
County Honours
Jack Preston made 2 appearances for Lancashire, in the 1904/5 season.
Club career
Jack Preston was a goal kicking forward signed in 1904 from Swinton. He played in Swinton's 1900 Challenge Cup final win over Salford.
Jack Preston made his début for Warrington on Saturday 10 September 1904, he missed the 6-0 victory over Hull Kingston Rovers in the 1905 Challenge Cup Final through a knee injury, and he made his last appearance for Warrington on Saturday 28 September 1907.
He made 103 appearances for Warrington, scoring 14 tries and kicking 89 goals for 220 points.
In 1905/6 season he played in the first 40 matches of the season, only missing the final league match of the season.
References
- "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 30 March 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.