Garton Maxwell Hone

Garton Hone was born on 21 February 1901 in Morphett Vale, South Australia, the son of Dr Frank Sandland Hone and Lucy Hone, née Henderson. He excelled at various sports while growing up and earned Half Blues in tennis, Australian rules football and cricket at the University of Adelaide.

While at University, Hone played his only first-class cricket match, for South Australia against Victoria in the 1919/20 Shield season. A right-handed top order batsman, Hone made two and eighteen, being dismissed leg before wicket by Warwick Armstrong. 

In football, Hone played as a ruckman and was originally chosen in the Adelaide University Football Club side to play Melbourne University in August 1919 but withdrew prior to the match.

Hone first appeared at the tennis Australasian Championships in 1920, playing until 1934.