Courthouse joined them as first-round victors after recovering from an early stumble.

Courthouse was 4-37 at one stage but battled on on a slow outfield to reach 9-122 from its 40 overs.

No one really stood out with the bat for Courthouse, allrounder Farran Lamb helping dig it out of that early hole and top-scoring with 27.

Andrew George led the charge for Albion with the ball, picking up 3-15, while Jamie Eveleigh showed he hadn’t lost a lot in his couple of years out of the game, nabbing 2-17.

Albion struggled early in its run chase in the face of some good bowling from Lamb and was looking shaky at 3-11.

But then at 4-25 the Mack boys came together and gave Albion a glimmer of hope, taking it to 79.

Andy was the one to go for 57, James following a couple of runs later for 28.

Albion’s run chase lost steam after that and it was all out for 87 in 26 overs.

Sam Doubleday did the damage at the end, snaring 3-16 to follow Lamb’s 4-10.

Brad Gander also chimed in with 3-7.

At Kitchener, Kookaburras’ top order set them up for a competitive 7-204.

Milne and McGuirk laid the foundation, putting on 84 for the first wicket.

Milne made 68 of those, McGuirk batting on to take Kookaburras to 177 and finish with 60.

He got some good support along the way, mainly from Sam Lumby (26).

Cliff Stokes was the only bowler to really cause Kookaburras trouble, with his medium pacers yielding 4-27.

Mornington was a bit understrength and could only manage 99 in reply after the tail fell away quickly.

It struck early trouble and was 3-29 but then, after fighting back to 4-85, lost 6-14.

Pat Maher and Andrew Ceeney were the only batsmen to make a score of note, Maher hitting 29 and Ceeney 27 not out.

Kris Lodge (3-29) did the mopping up for Kookaburras after Brad Johnson took 2-11.