{{Short description|South African cricketer (1954–2023)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Howard Bergins | image = | fullname = Howard William Harold Bergins | birth_date = {{birth date|1954|10|18|df=yes}} | birth_place = Oudtshoorn, Cape Province, South Africa | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2023|11|16|1954|10|18}} | death_place = Strand, Western Cape, South Africa | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm fast-medium | role =
| club1 = Western Province | year1 = 1975/76 | clubnumber1 = | club2 = Boland | year2 = 1981/82–1986/87 | clubnumber2 =
| date = 19 July 2020 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/44323.html Cricinfo }} '''Howard William Harold Bergins''' (18 October 1954 – 16 November 2023)<ref>{{cite web |title=Howard Bergins |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/25/25151/25151.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=18 October 2024 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> was a South African cricketer. He played in 22 first-class matches between 1975 and 1987.<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/44323.html |title=Howard Bergins |accessdate=19 July 2020 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
Bergins died in November 2023 at the age of 69. He had been working as coach of the South African over-40s team at the time of his death.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fillies |first1=Avril |title=Western Cape cricket mourns a giant |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/community-newspaper/eikestadnuus/western-cape-cricket-mourns-a-giant-20240118 |website=News24 |access-date=18 October 2024 |date=18 January 2024}}</ref>
==See also== * International cricket in South Africa from 1971 to 1981
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bergins, Howard}} Category:1954 births Category:2023 deaths Category:South African cricketers Category:Boland cricketers Category:Place of birth missing Category:20th-century South African sportsmen {{SouthAfrica-cricket-bio-1950s-stub}}