“World Series” Bankstown take on “Neville Nobodies” Petersham from the Inner West in the 1987-88 Grand Final

That’s how the papers built up the first-grade final in 1987-88. Bankstown at full strength, included 3 of Australia’s greatest test players, Steve and Mark Waugh and Steve Smith, plus two of NSW’s best, Steve Small and Wayne Holdsworth, plus English county player, Terry Davies and solid 1st graders in Paul Talbot (265 1st grade wickets), Gary Crowfoot (5000 runs) and Dave Thompson (3350 runs and 58 wickets). Playing Petersham Marrickville, often described as the “the raw underbelly of grade cricket”.

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