In a Currie Cup match in December 1928, Steyn scored 261 not out, taking part in an eighth-wicket partnership of 222 in 105 minutes with Denys Morkel, when Western Province made 601 in reply to Border's first innings of 151; Western Province went on to win by an innings.
[1] Steyn's score and Western Province's totals were new records for the Currie Cup, but both were surpassed later that season.
[2][3] Steyn was educated at Diocesan College in Rondebosch before going to the University of Pretoria to study for an arts degree.
He spent the first weeks of the tour in Brisbane concentrating on his studies, and did not play his first game until mid-December, a minor match just before the Second Test.
In all he played only three of the 15 first-class matches, and returned to South Africa with Edward van der Merwe before the team embarked on the New Zealand leg of the tour.