Stanley Francis Bergin (18 December 1926 – 4 August 1969) was an Irish cricketer. A left-handed batsman, he made his debut for Ireland against Yorkshire in July 1949. He went on to play for Ireland on 53 occasions, his last match coming against Hampshire in September 1965. 27 of his matches for Ireland had first-class status. He opened the batting for Ireland for sixteen years. He played 53 matches, he had 98 innings, 7 not outs, 2524 runs, his average was 27.74, he got fifteen 50's, two 100's and 17 catches. He played for Pembroke CC and Ireland. One of a family of seven boys, Stanley was educated at Westland Row CBS. He played football and hurling for the school and represented Leinster at college level. He was also a top junior-soccer player and played fullback for Monkstown in rugby's Leinster Senior Cup. With a golf handicap of 15 and league-level table tennis, he was an all-round sportsman. But on top of it all was his love and aptitude for the game of cricket. He joined Pembroke CC, for whom his brother Bernard opened the batting. Bernard won two caps for Ireland against the 1937 New Zealanders, when the three-day match ended in one day. Two other brothers, Augustine (Railway Union) and Gerard (Pembroke) also played senior cricket. Stanley was only fourteen when he made his first XI debut in a side sporting several internationals including the William brothers. A small, wiry batsmen who always wore glasses, Bergin was particularly strong square of the wicket, but the hallmark of his game was his concentration. This was best seen against the 1951 South Africans, who fielded Cuan McCarthy, the fastest bowler in the world at the time. Ireland lost by an innings, but Bergin batted through the second innings for an unbeaten 79 (out of the team's 130) - the last time an Irish batsmen carried his bat. He was similarly dogged in batting for six hours against Leicestershire in 1959 for innings of 31 and 23. Among his other notable feats for Ireland were four consecutive fifties in 1950–51. He made 7,713 runs with Pembroke before he retired from cricket altogether in 1965. His career average of 36.9 was the record when he retired from cricket, and is still good enough to make the top ten all-time LCU batsmen. He won the Marchant Cup for the province's leading batsmen on