Jamaica's senior Reggae Boyz turned in a spirited but somewhat patchy performance to defeat the St. Vincent and the Grenadines 5-1 in their friendly international at the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica on Tuesday night.


Marlon King, (in the 26th and 42nd minutes), led the way for the Rene Simoes coached squad as the hard running Demar Phillips, of Stoke City in England, got his name on the score sheet as well, with a beautiful finish earlier in the 17th minute of play to open the scoring and send the spectators in a frenzy.

Later on in the second half St. Vincent began attacking more aggressively but the Reggae Boyz played well to shut them down, by using the one-two passing and utilizing the flanks to get the better of their Caribbean neighbours.

The man who led Jamaica's campaign in qualifying for the 1998 World Cup in France, Deon Burton, found the back of the net in minute 74 and Captain Ricardo Gardner finished the job with another goal 13 minutes from time. Marlon James had the consollation goal for the Grenadines in the 56th minute.

Playing in front of about 10,000 spectators all clad in their gold and green, ace striker Marlon King got Jamaica on the score sheet in the 26th minute as the half ended 3-nil

Jamaica's next assignment is against Trinidad and Tobago at the Marvin Lee Stadium on Saturday, in a return friendly.