{{short description|New Zealand cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Dennis Kay | image = | fullname = Dennis Jon Kay | birth_date = {{birth date|1948|4|12|df=yes}} | birth_place = Palmerston North, New Zealand | death_date = {{death date and age|2007|11|27|1948|4|12|df=yes}} | death_place = Palmerston North, New Zealand | batting = Left-handed | bowling = Right-arm medium | role = Bowler
| club1 = Central Districts | year1 = {{nowrap|1974/75–1977/78}} | columns = 2 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 15 | runs1 = 107 | bat avg1 = 8.91 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 39 not out | deliveries1 = 2,514 | wickets1 = 48 | bowl avg1 = 22.41 | fivefor1 = 3 | tenfor1 = 1 | best bowling1 = 7/62 | catches/stumpings1 = 7/– | column2 = List A | matches2 = 2 | runs2 = 0 | bat avg2 = – | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | top score2 = 0* | deliveries2 = 96 | wickets2 = 2 | bowl avg2 = 25.50 | fivefor2 = 0 | tenfor2 = 0 | best bowling2 = 1/18 | catches/stumpings2 = 0/– | date = 3 March | year = 2023 | source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/dennis-kay-37544 Cricinfo }} '''Dennis Jon Kay''' (12 April 1948 – 27 November 2007) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played in fifteen first-class and two List A matches for Central Districts from 1974 to 1978.<ref name=CI>{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/dennis-kay-37544 |title=Dennis Kay |work=ESPN Cricinfo |accessdate=29 October 2020}}</ref>
After two first-class matches in 1974–75 and none in 1975–76, Kay had a successful season in 1976-77 when he took 33 wickets at an average of 16.48, including 7 for 62 (match figures of 11 for 138) against Canterbury in the Shell Trophy.<ref>{{cite web |title=Central Districts v Canterbury 1976-77 |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1976-77/NZ_LOCAL/SHLTR/CD_CANT_SHLTR_18-20JAN1977.html |website=Cricinfo |access-date=3 March 2023}}</ref> He also took 3 for 60 and 4 for 38 in a losing cause against Otago in the final ten days later.<ref name=CI/> After a few unsuccessful matches in 1977–78, he played no further first-class cricket.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dennis Kay |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/22/22229/22229.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=3 March 2023}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kay, Dennis}} Category:1948 births Category:2007 deaths Category:New Zealand cricketers Category:Central Districts cricketers Category:Cricketers from Palmerston North Category:20th-century New Zealand sportsmen {{NewZealand-cricket-bio-1940s-stub}}