John Gordon Morgan (6 March 1893 – 7 May 1967) was an Australian cricketer who played

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for

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across the 1920s. He was born at Camperdown, a suburb of Sydney,

and died at

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, another Sydney suburb. Morgan was a right-handed batsman sometimes, and particularly in his later cricket career, used as an opening batsman, and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. He was picked first for New South Wales in December 1921 but played irregularly, and usually in the less glamorous fixtures, until 1926–27, when the retirement of senior players such as

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opened up opportunities in the state side and he was a regular for two seasons. His three first-class centuries all came in these two seasons with a score of 121 against

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in 1927–28 his highest; in this match, he put on 253 for the sixth wicket with

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, who made an unbeaten 315, and this remains the highest partnership for that wicket for either side in first-class matches between New South Wales and Queensland.

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1893 births 1967 deaths Australian cricketers New South Wales cricketers Cricketers from Sydney {{Australia-cricket-bio-1890s-stub

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