- Alan Preen
Alan Thomas Preen (born 4 July 1935 in
Fremantle, Western Australia ) is a former sportsman who playedAustralian rules football with East Fremantle in the WANFL andfirst-class cricket for Western Australia during the 1950s. He is a half forward flanker in East Fremantle's official 'Team of the Century'.Preen was mainly a centre half forward but could also be used in the ruck. He played at East Fremantle between 1953 and 1959, a career which yielded 122 senior games with Best and fairest award wins in 1954 and 1958 as well as a premiership in 1957. He regularly represented Western Australia at interstate football, in all playing 15 state games, with his performance in 1958 earning him
All-Australian selection.As a cricketer, Preen was a left-arm medium pace bowler and from his 13 first-class matches from 1953/54 to 1956/57 took 28 wickets at 34.96. His best innings bowling figures of 6/97 where taken against Victoria at the St Kilda Cricket Ground and included the wickets of
Neil Harvey Sam Loxton and Colin McDonald. [cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21886.html|title=Victoria v Western Australia 1955/56| publisher=CricketArchive]References
External links
* [http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/p-q.htm#Alan%20Preen%20(East%20Fremantle) Fullpointsfooty profile]
* [http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/australia/content/player/7225.html Cricinfo page]
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