Garton Hone

Dr. Garton "Gar" Maxwell Hone (21 February 1901 – 28 May 1991) was an Australian medical practitioner noted as a tennis player of the 1920s and 1930s who also played first-class cricket for South Australia.

Career

Born in Morphett Vale, South Australia, which was then a rural area, he was 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 Adelaide University. 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. Hone bowled two expensive overs of leg spin, going for 21 runs.

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

Hone first appeared at the Australasian Championships in 1924, where he was defeated by eventual champion James Anderson in the semifinals (he also reached the quarterfinals in 1925 and 1926). Hone went one better in the mixed doubles by making the final, with Esna Boyd. They lost the decider in straight sets to the pairing of Daphne Akhurst and James Willard. In 1925 he had his best ever showing in the men's doubles, with a semi final appearance, after teaming up with Rupert Wertheim. He also played in the 1926, 1929, 1934 and 1938 Championships.