He was given a trial by Hampshire in 1900,[1] making his debut in first-class cricket against Surrey at Bournemouth in the County Championship.

[2] The following season he recorded his second century, making 109 runs against Worcestershire, having made 78 earlier in the match.

[4] He was awarded a benefit match against Yorkshire in 1912, which was the most successful benefit for any Hampshire professional up to that point:[1][7] Opening the batting, he helped put on 109 runs with C. B. Fry for the third wicket, though Hampshire lost the match by 9 wickets due to a batting collapse in their second innings facilitated by George Hirst and Schofield Haigh.

[8] Stone's final season with Hampshire was in 1914, when the First World War led to the cancellation of first-class cricket in August 1914.

[9] With wicket-keeper Walter Livsey coming into the Hampshire side in 1914, Stone seemingly retired during the five years in which no first-class cricket was played.

[14] Having qualified through residency, Stone made his debut for Glamorgan against Northamptonshire at Swansea in the 1922 County Championship.

[2] This season would be Stone's last before his retirement, but he notably scored a century (108) against the touring West Indians at Cardiff, aged 46, and shared in a partnership of 136 with Frank Pinch;[15] in doing so he became the first Glamorgan batsman to score a first-class century against a touring team.