[1] 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 was replaced as opener by Ken Archer and played only one more Test the next season against the West Indies.

[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.

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