John Moroney (24 July 1917 – 1 July 1999) was an Australian

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er who played in seven Test matches from 1949 to 1951. 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. He failed in the First Test of the

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, 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

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and played only one more Test the next season against the West Indies. 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. However, he had a reputation for slow scoring;

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said he was "like a purposeless porpoise". 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.

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, ''Australian Cricket: A History'', Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1959, p. 499. He worked as a school teacher.''

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'' 2000, p. 1556.

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