Oscar King got Court House out of jail after a strong second innings showing with the bat from Kookaburras gave them a shot at the reverse outright in their two-dayer at Kitchener Park.
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After posting a modest 113 in their first innings, which Court House successfully chased down before stumps, Kookaburras compiled 8-184 on Saturday on the back of half-centuries to Shayne Riordan and Matt Agostino.
Following on from his 26 in the first innings, Agostino smacked 56 off 61 after Riordan had struck 53 at the top of the order. Skipper Kris Lodge also chipped in with 33 and Paddy Paul 25.
Lodge said the big difference on Saturday was they didn't lose early wickets, Riordan and Paul setting a good foundation at the top.
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They put on 55 for the first wicket, Riordan and Lodge then adding 61 for the second. Sam Doubleday (6-43) effected a bit of a middle order collapse with Kookaburras losing 5-13 but Agostino steadied the ship to take them in the vicinity of the 150 lead Lodge had in mind.
He declared after his dismissal, leaving Court House needing 163 runs for the outright and giving Kookaburras almost an hour-and-a-half to try and bowl them out.
They made good inroads early and had Court House 4-33 at one stage, but King showed good resistance and cracked 50 off 48 as they staved off Kookaburras' charge and finished with 6-103
"We got the big wickets that we wanted to get early but we didn't capitalise," Lodge said.
"They just stuck in there well. They did their job and we didn't do ours."
Teen openers Ollie Thomas and Lachie Straney did a good job early with the ball, Straney claiming 3-18 and Thomas 1-35.
"They bowled well early," Lodge said.
"They're really come on in their opening role."
