In the 50 years of Petersham-Marrickville, Paul Stepto produced the greatest bowling figures in 1st Grade and for the club, when he took 9-71 off 21 overs against Fairfield at Fairfield Oval in 1990-91. It was just the third round of the season and only the third game Stepto had played with Petes, having joined after five seasons in 1st Grade with St George. It was an amazing performance as he had the first nine wickets. Warren Pepper spoilt the “clean sweep” chance when he had the last man caught by Paul Clarke. Despite the paceman’s brilliant performance, the match was lost outright when Petes collapsed in the second innings after leading on the first. Stepto took 1-53 in the second innings to give him match figures of 10-124.
