Hooker Alby Stone, a feared and respected figure in Rugby Union matches when he hurls his 15 stone 4lb. into the scrum, became a quiet, shy man when we interview him in the lounge of his Bellevue Hill flat. The hooker has the job of winning the ball from the scrum. Alby tells us. We Haven't seen any other hookers, ***** our money goes on Alby without hesitation. Thirty-two-year-old Alby is playing his last season of Rugby Union. He wants to break the existing record held by Wild Bill Cerutti, who made 247 first-grade appearances. Alby has been playing first grade football for seventeen years, has 244 games to his credit with five rounds to play, as well as semi-finals and finals. August 3, 1947.