Background
He was born and died at Lowestoft, Suffolk.
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Benjamin Preston
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Preston was educated at Westminster School and at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
Career
He was at Cambridge University from 1867 but did not make his first-class cricket debut until 1869, when he opened the innings as a right-handed batsman in four matches. In 1870, Preston played a further four matches for the university side, not always as an opening batsman, and against the Gentlemen of England team he scored 24 and 28, the two best innings of his first-class career. But he was not picked for the 1870 University Match and he did not play first-class cricket again after this season, although he featured in minor matches for amateur sides, including Suffolk, through to 1885.
Preston returned to Lowestoft after leaving Cambridge University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1871.
He became a brewer in the town and was also a Justice of the Peace.
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United Kingdom