Calling for another run he was stung on the tongue by a bee that had managed to fly in through his grill.

The first time he'd experienced something like that, he said as soon as he spat the bee into his glove he knew what had happened.

"I knew I wasn't allergic to it but it just hurt a lot," he said.

On Saturday he was the one doing the stinging, blasting his way to his first half-century of the season.

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"I was keen to score some runs and I thought if I could get myself in I was a chance to get some runs," he said.

The type of innings that saw him selected in the Northern Inland Bolters squad, it was a welcome knock, having failed to really fire as he would have hoped this season.

After missing almost two months of cricket after undergoing a knee operation, and then a winter of no footy he was pretty keen for the season. He even brought a new bat.

Good thing he did with his old bat snapping midway through his innings on Saturday.

But he didn't take long to find the sweet spot on his new one, dispatching the first ball he faced with it for six. It was one of four he belted, to go along with four fours, on his way to a top-scoring 68 off 48.

His third highest-score in first grade, being Twenty20 it gave him a bit more freedom to hit, which he reveled in.

This season is the soon-to-be 19-year old boillermaker's fourth as a regular in first grade.

Each season he has developed more and taken on a bigger role in the side.

"My batting's improved a lot and I generally open the batting with Jay Urquhart or someone like that, so that's improved my batting a fair bit and I've had to step up I suppose," King said.

Moving to the top of the table with Saturday's win, Court House will this Saturday take on the bottom-placed Kookaburras.

King will then back up on Sunday for the Connolly Cup side against Narrabri Blue.

He missed their first game due to his involvement with the Bolters. While he only really got to field in Scone he said it was good to watch some of the more experienced cricketers in the side bat and talk to them about his batting a bit.

He will be hoping history repeats on Sunday after posting his maiden senior rep half-century against Narrabri last year.

On Saturday, Brodie Cleal also smacked 56 off 51 with four sixes and two fours and with King put on 109 for the second wicket as Court House piled on 5-173 from their 20 overs.

Mornington were then never really in the hunt and could only muster 58 as Braithen Winsor claimed 4-15 and Sam Doubleday 3-5.

The big hits were similarly flowing at Kitchener Park with Albion opener Andy Mack belting three sixes and five fours en route to 52 off 37. They lost their way with his dismissal, losing 5-6, but some rearguard action from Trent White (16no) and Jeremy Howgate (13no) got them to 9-127.

White then took 5-14 as they steamrolled Kookaburras for 56.