Following his brief playing career, Moyes, a professional journalist, later gained greater fame as a writer and commentator on the game.

He was considered good enough to be selected for the Australian tour of South Africa in 1914, but this was cancelled because of the outbreak of the First World War.

Moyes served with distinction in the First World War with the Australian Imperial Force in England and France, earning the Military Cross.

As a state selector for New South Wales in 1926/27 Moyes helped Don Bradman get his first taste of interstate cricket.

A few days before he died he asked the England vice-captain Colin Cowdrey to write a foreword to his book on the 1962–63 Ashes series: Blessed with rare gifts "Johnny" Moyes was loved and respected wherever he went ...