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University of Adelaide. New College.
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Brian Hone
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During the 1929-1930 cricket season he opened the batting for South Australia, scoring a century against Victoria and averaging nearly 50. (C South Lewis was his tutor). From 1933 to 1939, Hone taught at Marlborough College, Wiltshire, and was made head of the new department of English.
Whilst in England he wrote Cricket Practice and Tactics, (London, 1937).
1940–1950: Headmaster, Cranbrook School Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 1951–1970: Headmaster, Melbourne Grammar School, Victoria, Australia.
1973–1974: Deputy Chancellor, Monash University. He died in Paris on 28 May 1978.
His remains lie near the Norfolk Island pine planted in Doctor J East Bromby"s honour in the grounds of Melbourne Grammar School.
R. M. J. West. C. East. C. East.
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Born on 1 July 1907 at Semaphore, a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, he was educated at Prince Alfred College and the University of Adelaide (Bachelor Honours, 1928) where he won Blues in cricket, football and tennis. In 1930 he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to attend New College, Oxford (Bachelor, 1932. Master of Arts, 1938), and achieved honours in English. He won Blues in cricket and tennis.
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