Court House tallied 138 runs for the loss of eight wickets in 40 overs before Albion lasted only 21 overs.

Michael Flannery hit two runs from the first ball of the match and repeated the dose with the fourth ball, but was out to the fifth ball.

The second wicket fell at 23, and then a 40-run stand unfolded before Eveleigh claimed his hat-trick.

Matt Brady and Kaleb McIlveen were caught, before Sam Doubleday was bowled.

A stumping produced Eveleigh’s fourth wicket to leave Court House struggling at 6-77 in the 30th over, before captain Farran Lamb came to the rescue.

Ben Irwin’s 23 at number five helped the total past 100, and Lamb top-scored with 26 which included a six.

Lamb’s last scoring shot was a four, before he was out next ball as Jeremiah Howgate held his third catch.

Lachlan King remained unbeaten on 14 while Brad Swain made six not out.

Court House missed Alex Beasley but required only four bowlers to dismiss Albion, which missed Andy Mack, James Mack, Greg Piggott and Izaak Merlehan.

A wicket each to Brady and Irwin had Albion in trouble at 2-9, before opener Jono Crowe found the boundary twice during a 21-run third wicket stand.

After Brady won an lbw appeal against Crowe, there was no further resistance from Albion.

Lamb began with a wide before his next ball yielded the wicket of Danny Johnstone who was caught by Irwin.

Lamb took another wicket later in the over before Brady won another lbw appeal, and the next two victims were bowled.

Lamb had outstanding figures of 4-7 from six overs while Brady had 4-31 from eight.

After earlier taking 2-20 from eight overs, Albion’s Andrew George struck a four before he was last out as McIlveen took a good catch just inside the picket fence on the tennis court side of the field to give Doubleday a wicket.

“It was a bit hot and steamy but the pitch was good,” Lamb said.

“(There was) a bit of grass on there. It was a tough day out there with the heat.”

Lamb was pleased that his team batted out its 40 overs and beat Albion for the first time this season after Albion had had a narrow first-innings win in a two-day fixture.

As for dismissing Albion cheaply, Lamb said it was a case of landing the ball in the right areas on the grassy surface.

With six Court House batsmen scoring between 12 and 26 each before four bowlers shared the wickets, Lamb said “everyone chips in” rather than relying on standout performances.