Sir Brian William Hone (1907–1978) was an Australian headmaster and, in his youth, a first-class cricketer.
[1][2] Brian was born on 1 July 1907 in the Adelaide suburb of Semaphore, South Australia, to Dr. Frank Sandland Hone and his wife, Lucy (née Henderson).
During the 1929–30 cricket season he opened the batting for South Australia, scoring a century against Victoria and averaging nearly 50.
In 1930 he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to attend New College, Oxford (B.A., 1932; M.A., 1938), and achieved honours in English.
His remains lie near the Norfolk Island pine planted in Dr J E Bromby's[7] honour in the grounds of Melbourne Grammar School.