Melbourne moved into sole leadership of Group D after coming from behind to defeat Kingston by 80 runs at Derrymore Road in round three of the 2011 National Senior Cup Championship.

Melbourne moved to 13 points, while Kingston are joint second with Kensington on nine after last weekend’s matches.

Batting first after losing the toss, Melbourne were dismantled for 116 by Kingston’s medium pacer Christopher Thomas, who took six wickets for 27 runs off 10 overs. Marvin Lobban topscored for Melbourne with 32.

Kingston then sneaked a nine-run first innings lead as left-hander Davian Johnson topscored with 21 in their 125. Left-arm orthodox spinner Christopher Lamont took three for 21 off 10 overs and five balls, while West Indies representative Nikita Miller captured three for 38 off 19.

Andre McCarthy stroked an aggressive 63 off 52 balls as Melbourne cantered to 244 for seven declared in 44 overs. The right-handed middle order batsman blasted seven boundaries and two sixes in his knock and was ably supported by Lobban, who struck 30. Thomas, Frederick Hermitt and Fabian Forbes took two wickets each.

Chasing 236 for victory on the final afternoon, Kingston started brightly and reached 111 for one before suffering a catastrophic batting collapse that saw nine wickets tumbling for 44 runs.

Lamont took four for 26, while Miller ended with four for 50. Johnson was again the main scorer for Kingston with a stroke-filled 81. The opener played particularly positively against the spinners and executed a few lofted drives off Miller, including a clean six over extra-cover, before he was bowled trying to swing the left-arm spinner through the leg side. His dismissial signalled the end of the chase for the visitors and the rest of the batsmen failed to counter Melbourne’s strong spin attack.

Scores: Melbourne 116 and 244-7 declared; Kingston 125 and 155.

In another Group D match, unbeaten Kensington narrowly secured first innings points from St Catherine CC at Chedwin Park.

Scores: Kensington 279; St Catherine CC 275.

Also in Group D, Ramon Senior’s first innings century helped Lucas to a nine wicket win over Boys’ Town at Collie Smith Drive.

Scores: Lucas 216-9 declared and 28-1; Boys’ Town 99 and 143.

In Group A, St James moved joint top with St Elizabeth on nine points after taking first innings honours in their drawn match with Hanover at Elgin Town.

Scores: Hanover 206 and 196-7; St James 214.

National batsman Brenton Parchment’s hundred lifted St Elizabeth to first innings points over Westmoreland in the other Group A match at the Alpart Sports Club.

Scores: Westmoreland 204 and 108-4; St Elizabeth 280-7 declared.

In Group B, GC Foster moved to 15 points after taking first innings points from Kingston & St Andrew CA at Maxfield Park. Richard Allen hit 149 in Kingston & St Andrew’s second innings 367.

Scores: KSACA 156 and 367; GC Foster 268 and 3-0.

Manchester joined GC Foster on 15 points after also sealing first innings points in their match against St Catherine CA. In the match played at the Manchester High school ground, the home team scored 217 and then restricted St Catherine CA to 210.

Scores: Manchester 217 and 166-9 declared; St Catherine CA 210 and 56-1.

Also in Group B, Clarendon took first innings points in their drawn match against St Thomas at the Good Year Oval.

Scores: Clarendon 211 and 256-9 declared; St Thomas 178 and 183-8.

In Group C, St Ann stepped further ahead of their rivals to 18 points after completing an outright win against St Mary in Discovery Bay. Marlon Pinnock and Xavier Marshall starred with the bat, while Andre Dwyer, John Campbell and Junior Carr dominated with the ball in the home team’s six-wicket win.

Scores: St Mary 138 and 255; St Ann 248-7 declared and 148-4.

Police got their first points of the season after surprising the Jamaica Defence Force by nine runs at Up Park Camp in the other Group C match.

Scores: Police 225 and 291; Jamaica Defence Force 308-7 declared and 199.