David Hone
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David Jeremy Hone is a former Australia
n sportsman who played first-class cricket
with Oxford University
and Australian rules football
for Melbourne
in the Victorian Football League
(VFL).
Hone spent the 1969 VFL season
with the Melbourne Football Club as an amateur and played 18 of a possible 20 games during year, mostly as a defender.
An honours graduate from Monash University
, Hone chose to continue his studies in England
and became an Oxford student in 1970. His father Brian Hone had been a famous educator.
He made three first-class cricket appearances for the university in 1970, as an opening bowler. The first was against Hampshire
, who were being captained by former West Indian Test cricketer Roy Marshall
. In a drawn match, Hone took the wicket of Hampshire opener Richard Lewis
but managed no further dismissals from his 36 overs. He went wicket-less from his two other first-class matches, against Worcestershire and Nottinghamshire, to finish with a disappointing average of 284.
Hone returned to Australia in 1971 and although he began training again with Melbourne, he never played another VFL game.
He would have a highly successful career in secondary education, both as a Headmaster and teacher. During the early 1980s he was the Head of History at Melbourne Grammar and from 1986 until 1993 served as the Headmaster of Scotch Oakburn College
in Launceston. In 1994 he joined Adelaide's Westminster School
as Principal and remained in that position until 1999. He was then the Head of the Senior School at Beaconhills College before retiring and taking up a role with the University of the Third Age
.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n sportsman who played first-class cricket
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
with Oxford University
Oxford University Cricket Club
Oxford University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team, representing the University of Oxford. It plays its home games at the University Parks in Oxford, England...
and Australian rules football
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
for Melbourne
Melbourne Football Club
The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....
in the Victorian Football League
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
(VFL).
Hone spent the 1969 VFL season
1969 VFL season
-Premiership season:In 1969, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man...
with the Melbourne Football Club as an amateur and played 18 of a possible 20 games during year, mostly as a defender.
An honours graduate from Monash University
Monash University
Monash University is a public university based in Melbourne, Victoria. It was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. Monash is a member of Australia's Group of Eight and the ASAIHL....
, Hone chose to continue his studies in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
and became an Oxford student in 1970. His father Brian Hone had been a famous educator.
He made three first-class cricket appearances for the university in 1970, as an opening bowler. The first was against Hampshire
Hampshire County Cricket Club
Hampshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Hampshire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1863 as a successor to the Hampshire county cricket teams and has played at the Antelope Ground from then until 1885, before moving to the County Ground where it...
, who were being captained by former West Indian Test cricketer Roy Marshall
Roy Marshall
Roy Edwin Marshall was a West Indian cricketer who played in four Tests from 1951 to 1952. He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1959.-Early career:...
. In a drawn match, Hone took the wicket of Hampshire opener Richard Lewis
Richard Lewis (cricketer)
Richard Victor Lewis is a former English cricketer. Lewis was a right-handed batsman who bowled Leg break.Lewis signed for Hampshire in 1967, making his first-class debut against Oxford University...
but managed no further dismissals from his 36 overs. He went wicket-less from his two other first-class matches, against Worcestershire and Nottinghamshire, to finish with a disappointing average of 284.
Hone returned to Australia in 1971 and although he began training again with Melbourne, he never played another VFL game.
He would have a highly successful career in secondary education, both as a Headmaster and teacher. During the early 1980s he was the Head of History at Melbourne Grammar and from 1986 until 1993 served as the Headmaster of Scotch Oakburn College
Scotch Oakburn College
Scotch Oakburn College is an independent, Uniting Church, co-educational, day and boarding school, located in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.Although founded in 1886, the present school was established in 1979 with the amalgamation of the historically boys' Scotch College and girls' Oakburn College...
in Launceston. In 1994 he joined Adelaide's Westminster School
Westminster School, Adelaide
Westminster School is an independent, Uniting Church, Early Learning to Year 12, coeducational, day and boarding school located at Marion, South Australia, 12 km south of Adelaide. Founded as a Methodist day and boarding school for boys, the school was opened by the Prime Minister Robert...
as Principal and remained in that position until 1999. He was then the Head of the Senior School at Beaconhills College before retiring and taking up a role with the University of the Third Age
University of the Third Age
The University of the Third Age is an international organisation whose aims are the education and stimulation of retired members of the community - those in the third 'age' of life. It is commonly referred to as U3A.- France :...
.