Pat Hone

Infobox Old Cricketer


nationality = Irish
country = Ireland
country abbrev = Ire
picture = Cricket_no_pic.pngname = Pat Hone
batting style = Right-handed batsman
bowling style = None
FCs = 6
FC runs = 162
FC bat avg = 13.50
FC 100s/50s = 0/1
FC top score = 92
FC balls = 0
FC wickets = -
FC bowl avg = -
FC 5s = -
FC 10s = -
FC best bowling = -
FC catches/stumpings = 7/0
debut date = 17 September
debut year = 1909
last date = 4 August
last year = 1928
source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26780/26780.html Cricket Archive

William Patrick "Pat" Hone MC (born 28 August 1886 in Monkstown, County Dublin, Ireland; died 28 February 1976 in Clondalkin, County Dublin [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26780/26780.html Cricket Archive profile] ] ) was an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper, he played six times for the Ireland cricket team between 1909 and 1928, all of which were first-class matches. [http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CSTATZ/irelandall/ire129.htm CricketEurope Stats Zone profile] ]

Biography

The son of William Hone, himself an Irish international cricketer, Pat Hone was born in Monkstown, County Dublin in August 1886. He was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire in England before attending Dublin University for four years from 1907, where he captained their cricket team for two years. [http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CSTATZ/irelandall/bio/h/hone_wp.html CricketEurope Stats Zone biography] ]

He made his debut for the Ireland team on their tour of the United States of America in 1909, playing two matches against Philadelphia. He then played three matches against Scotland in 1910, 1913 and 1914, scoring 92 in the second innings of the 1913 match, his highest score for Ireland.

Hone served in the Royal Artillery in the First World War, reaching the rank of Captain and being awarded the Military Cross in September 1918 for "conspicious gallantry and devotion to duty" when he extinguished the flames of his artillery battery when it caught fire under heavy shelling.

After the war he spent time as a railway engineer in India, before returning to Ireland in 1928. His selection that year at the age of 44 for a match against the MCC met with much criticism and ended in failure as he scored three and six runs in the match. This was his last match for Ireland.

He continued playing club cricket, and was featuring in friendly matches even in his 60s. He served as president of the Irish Cricket Union in 1955 and published the first attempt at a history of Irish cricket that year, entitled "Cricket in Ireland".

He died in 1976 and his obituary was in the 1977 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, which stated that he toured Canada with Ireland in 1908 [Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1977, [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228564.html Obituaries] ] which is inaccurate.

tatistics

In his matches for Ireland, he scored 162 runs at an average of 13.50. He took seven catches.

Family

Hone came from a cricketing family. As already mentioned, his father William played for Ireland, as did his uncle Nathaniel. Another uncle, Leland Hone also played for Ireland in addition to playing one Test match for England.

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