James Taylor marked his Kent debut with six wickets to help bowl out Gloucestershire for 325 on the opening day of the Rothesay County Championship Division 2 match in Bristol.
The 25-year-old seamer, starting a two-match loan from Surrey, took a career-best 6-52 from 23.1 overs as the hosts collapsed from a promising 287-4.
Taylor said: “I actually got a bit emotional with myself when I went down to fine leg after taking my fifth wicket.
“It’s my first five-for and something I have been dreaming about for eight years at first Derbyshire then Surrey and now Kent.
“I’ve had a tricky start to this season with Surrey and to finally get to play some first-class cricket again and show what I can do was great. It’s one of those days when you can say you were really proud of yourself.
“Last week was one of the toughest of my career because I was due to join Kent, but then got recalled because Surrey had injuries.
“Then I didn’t get in the team there either so it was a double disappointment missing out on two opportunities.
“I actually only met up with the Kent lads yesterday, although we did play against each other in pre-season. We all bowled well today and I was the lucky one who took the wickets.
“We stuck at it when we didn’t get our due rewards and finally the wickets came in clusters with the second new ball. It’s a good cricket wicket and I think we are in a good position.”
Cameron Bancroft got the Gloucestershire innings under way with an edged four over the slips off the second ball of the day. It was to prove a sign of things to come as Kent’s seamers bowled with little fortune.
Bancroft survived a confident lbw shout from Keith Dudgeon on four and had progressed to only 12 when he edged Taylor to first slip where Zak Crawley took a low two-handed catch.
Ben Charlesworth, on 20, edged Mikey Cohen through the slips for four before playing and missing twice in the same over. But the powerful left-hander gradually grew in confidence and was unbeaten on 46 at lunch, which was taken at 96-1.
Ollie Price reached his half-century but the next ball from Taylor saw him edge a back-foot forcing shot to Dudgeon at third slip.
Miles Hammond, on 12, fell leg-before to Dudgeon (2-63), who finally got the wicket he deserved. It was the last ball of the 52nd over and the first delivery of the next saw Charlesworth (85) bowled off an inside edge by Joey Evison, driving at a wide one.
The hosts were 215-4 at tea and advanced the score by 25 runs when a short shower interrupted play, but it resumed at 5.25pm and no overs were lost.
James Bracey produced the most assured batting of the day, moving fluently to a 78-ball fifty. Tommy Boorman took more risks, but laced his innings with some sweetly-struck boundaries.
It was a surprise when Bracey departed, lbw aiming to drive across the line to a ball from Evison, to make it 287-5, with the second new ball little more than two overs away.
The luckless Dudgeon soon had a confident shout against Graeme van Buuren for a catch behind turned down.
The former Gloucestershire captain has struggled for runs this season, but had moved to 21 when he edged Taylor to third slip to make it 309-6.
Boorman (49) quickly followed, caught behind driving at Dudgeon, before Matt Taylor became his namesake’s fourth victim, leg before, and from the next ball Will Williams was caught and bowled, the ball popping up off an inside edge onto his pad.
Kent’s Taylor completed a memorable day by bowling Ed Middleton, leaving Gloucestershire to reflect on losing their last five wickets for 16 runs.
In two overs before the close, Kent replied with one without loss as nightwatchman Cohen faced 11 of the 12 balls bowled.
