 While he scored just two runs in the first innings of the game and four in the second, his bowling figures of 1-6 from seven overs were economical, and his only first-class wicket was that of 50-year-old former Test cricketer Jack Hobbs, though Hobbs had made 117 by the time he was out.Alston was a right-handed middle-order batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler.In the Second World War, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Somerset Light Infantry.