FORMER SUPER Cup champions Kensington, St. James, St. Catherine Cricket Association, Trelawny and Police all recorded first round victories in the 2006 Red Stripe Cricket Championship on Sunday.
At Elgin Town: - Kensington defeated Hanover by 67 runs.
Scores: Kensington 132 (Bruce Blackwood 3-26, Adin Frew 3-34) and 190 (Roland Henry 53; Frew 5-40); Hanover 118 (Marcus Stewart 5-28) and 137 (David Bernard 3-24), Peter Colquhoun 3-28, Dennis Bulli 3-37).
At Jarrett Park: St. James defeated former champions Boys' Town by 35 runs.
Scores: St. James 188 (Phillip Keating 5-60); Boys' Town 66 (Kelroy Haughton 3-12) and 88 (Christopher Watson 3-3).
At Elleston Road: Police crushed Clarendon by an innings and one run.
Scores: Clarendon 128 (Rohan Belight 4-45) and 192 (Joseph Ranger 54; Baldwin Virgo 5-44 and Marvin James 4-76); Police 321-9 (Ricardo Howe 116; Tavarie Green 6-70).
At Maxfield Park: Demoted Super Cup team St. Catherine CA scored an impressive innings and 107-run win over Kingston & St. Andrew.
Scores: Kingston & St. Andrew 238 (Gary Pink 80; Brenton Beckford 3-41) and 88 (Beckford 6-24); St. Catherine 433 (Peter Pottinger 93, Nkhurma Banner 74 not out).
At Bounty Hall: Trelawny beat St. Thomas by nine wickets.
Scores: St. Thomas 45 (Oral Rankine 5-25) and 349 (Michael Jackson 126 not out, Marvin Darlington 90; Kemar Allen 5-40); Trelawny 266 (Cordell Simpson 65) and 131-1 Lorenzo Ingram 51 not out).
