Moroney was a solid Australian opening batsman who toured South Africa with success in 1949–50, making his maiden Test century and a second century in the same match.[2] He failed in the First Test of the 1950-51 Ashes series, making a pair, and was dropped even though Australia won by 70 runs and other, more famous, batsmen failed. He was replaced as opener by Ken Archer and played only one more Test the next season against the West Indies.[3]
His highest first-class score was 217, made in five and a half hours, for AR Morris' XI against AL Hassett's XI in 1948–49.[4] However, he had a reputation for slow scoring; R. S. Whitington said he was "like a purposeless porpoise".[5] The Australian cricket writer Johnnie Moyes said, "Moroney was a powerfully-built man who could hit the ball tremendously hard, but he often carried defence to extreme limits", adding that Moroney's fielding also let him down.[6]
jack, moroney, john, moroney, july, 1917, july, 1999, australian, cricketer, played, seven, test, matches, from, 1949, 1951, moroney, 1948, cardpersonal, informationborn24, july, 1917macksville, south, wales, australiadied1, july, 1999, aged, orange, south, wa. John Moroney 24 July 1917 1 July 1999 was an Australian cricketer who played in seven Test matches from 1949 to 1951 1 Jack MoroneyMoroney on a 1948 cardPersonal informationBorn24 July 1917Macksville New South Wales AustraliaDied1 July 1999 aged 81 Orange New South Wales AustraliaBattingRight handedInternational informationNational sideAustraliaTest debut cap 183 24 December 1949 v South AfricaLast Test31 December 1951 v West IndiesCareer statisticsCompetition Test First classMatches 7 57Runs scored 383 4 023Batting average 34 81 52 24100s 50s 2 1 12 22Top score 118 217Catches stumpings 0 19 1Source Cricinfo 14 October 2022Moroney was a solid Australian opening batsman who toured South Africa with success in 1949 50 making his maiden Test century and a second century in the same match 2 He failed in the First Test of the 1950 51 Ashes series making a pair and was dropped even though Australia won by 70 runs and other more famous batsmen failed He was replaced as opener by Ken Archer and played only one more Test the next season against the West Indies 3 His highest first class score was 217 made in five and a half hours for AR Morris XI against AL Hassett s XI in 1948 49 4 However he had a reputation for slow scoring R S Whitington said he was like a purposeless porpoise 5 The Australian cricket writer Johnnie Moyes said Moroney was a powerfully built man who could hit the ball tremendously hard but he often carried defence to extreme limits adding that Moroney s fielding also let him down 6 He worked as a school teacher 5 References Edit Jack Moroney CricketArchive Retrieved 2022 10 14 subscription required 4th Test Australia tour of South Africa at Johannesburg Feb 10 14 1950 Cricinfo Retrieved 15 September 2019 Jack Moroney Cricinfo Retrieved 15 September 2019 AL Hassett s XI v AR Morris XI 1948 49 Cricinfo Retrieved 15 September 2019 a b Wisden 2000 p 1556 A G Moyes Australian Cricket A History Angus amp Robertson Sydney 1959 p 499 External links EditJack Moroney at ESPNcricinfo This biographical article related to an Australian cricket person born in the 1910s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jack Moroney amp oldid 1162670284, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
