# Dennis Kay

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{{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](/source/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](/source/Central_Districts_cricket_team)
|               year1 = {{nowrap|1974/75–1977/78}}
|             columns = 2
|             column1 = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket)
|            matches1 = 15
|               runs1 = 107
|            bat avg1 = 8.91
|           100s/50s1 = 0/0
|          top score1 = 39 [not out](/source/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](/source/List_A_cricket)
|            matches2 = 2
|               runs2 = 0
|            bat avg2 = –
|           100s/50s2 = 0/0
|          top score2 = 0[*](/source/not_out)
|         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 &ndash; 27 November 2007) was a New Zealand [cricket](/source/cricket)er. He played in fifteen [first-class](/source/first-class_cricket) and two [List A](/source/List_A_cricket) matches for [Central Districts](/source/Central_Districts_cricket_team) 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](/source/Canterbury_cricket_team) 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](/source/Otago_cricket_team) 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>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cricinfo|id=37544}}

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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
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