Croston played at centre in Castleford's 11-8 victory over Huddersfield in the 1935 Challenge Cup Final during the 1934–35 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 4 May 1935, in front of a crowd of 39,000.
[4] In November 1938, he put in a transfer request to the Castleford board and, although selected, did not turn up for the club's match with Hull.
He was not named for the team that played Barrow on 26 November and said that he would retire from the sport unless his request was granted.
[citation needed] He was captain in Wakefield Trinity's 13-12 victory over Wigan in the 1946 Challenge Cup Final during the 1945–46 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 4 May 1946, in front of a crowd of 54,730.
in the 1946 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1946–47 season at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 31 November 1946, and was the coach (standing in for Harry Beverley) in the 17-3 victory over Keighley in the 1951 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1951–52 Northern season at Fartown Ground, Huddersfield on Saturday 27 October 1951.