William Patrick Hone MC (28 August 1886 – 28 February 1976)[1] 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.
[3] He made his debut for the Ireland team on their tour of the United States of America in 1909, playing two matches against Philadelphia.
[2] 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 "conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty" when he extinguished the flames of his artillery battery when it caught fire under heavy shelling.
He died in 1976, and his obituary was in the 1977 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, which stated that he toured Canada with Ireland in 1908[4] which is inaccurate.