Leland Hone (30 January 1853 – 31 December 1896
Cricketarchive.co.uk. Retrieved on 2 May 2018.) was an Irish cricketer who played internationally for

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and

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, in addition to playing

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for the

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Playing career

A right-handed

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and

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, Hone made his debut for Ireland in August 1875 playing against

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. He played three more matches against I Zingari in August of each of the following three years, scoring 74

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in 1877, his highest score for Ireland.Leland Hone
StatsZone Ireland. In 1878, he made his first-class debut, playing for the MCC against

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. After one more game against

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First-class matches played by Leland Hone
Cricket Archive. he was chosen to tour Australia under the captaincy of

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.Leland Hone
Cricinfo. When it became clear that the side lacked a regular wicket-keeper, Hone was drafted in for the only

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of the tour, playing against Australia in January 1879, becoming the first player to represent England without playing county cricket and the first Irishman to represent England.Lynch, Steven (11 September 2006
Made in Ireland – and England's overseas World Cup six
Ask Steven column at Cricinfo. He played four more first-class matches on the tour, two each against

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and

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, and returned to the Ireland team for matches against the MCC and Surrey that summer. He played one final first-class match for the MCC in 1880 against Oxford University at Lord's. He continued playing club cricket, and represented Ireland twice in 1883 before a final game against I Zingari in August 1888.

Statistics

In his matches for Ireland, he scored 321 runs at an

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of 24.69. He took sixteen catches and six stumpings. In his only Test match, he scored 13 runs and took two catches. In first-class cricket, he scored 85 runs at an average of 7.08, taking nine catches and two stumpings.

Family

Hone came from a cricketing family. His brothers

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and Nathaniel also played for Ireland, as did his cousins

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and Jeffery. His nephew

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also played for Ireland.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hone, Leland 1853 births 1896 deaths England Test cricketers Irish cricketers Cricketers from Dublin (city) Irish people of Dutch descent Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Wicket-keepers

Playing career

Statistics

Family

See also

References