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 a student at Worcester College, Oxford, in 1970.
In a drawn match, Hone took the wicket of Hampshire opener Richard Lewis but managed no further dismissals from his 36 overs.
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.
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.