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Jack Moroney
Jack Moroney was born at Macksville on 24 July 1917 and even though his representative cricket was played prior to his moving to Orange, his contribution to Orange Cricket was enormous. Jack played a total of 23 Sheffield Shield matches for New South Wales, scoring 1935 runs at an average of 49.62. His first class matches for New South Wales totalled 36 for an aggregate of 2419 and an average of 51.46.
Jack was selected for the Australian tour of South Africa in 1949 and in a test at Johannesburg he scored a century in each innings. To this day he is the only Australian to score a century in each innings against South Africa. In addition to the five Tests in South Africa, Jack played one Test against England, one against the West Indies, and finished with a Test record of seven matches for 383 runs at an average of 34.81.
Jack moved to Orange in 1958 and in his first full season topped the batting aggregate and average and repeated his performance every cricket season until he left Orange in 1966. In his nine seasons in Orange he scored at least one century in every season and in 1959-1960 he scored an aggregate of 1183 at an average of 73.9, which remains an Orange District Cricket Association record. His score of 240 not out is also the highest individual score in first grade Orange Cricket.
He joined the executive of the Orange District Cricket Association in 1958 and was also on the selection panel. He remained in these positions throughout his career in Orange. Jack represented Orange on many occasions and in one Grinstead Cup match against Grenfell in 1964, Jack and Geoff Pratten scored 235 for the first wicket - 125 runs to Maroney and 112 to Pratten.
Jack Moroney instigated the first schoolboys' competition in 1959. In 1975 he was elected a life member to the Orange District Cricket Association for his services to Orange cricket.
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