Magdalen College Boat Club (MCBC) is a rowing club for members of Magdalen College, Oxford. It is based on the Isis at Boathouse Island, Christ Church Meadow, Oxford.

History MCBC was founded in 1859 and shares a boathouse (built 1939) with the college boat clubs of Linacre, Lady Margaret Hall and Trinity. The club has produced two Olympic Gold medal winners and has a very successful record of providing rowers for The Boat Races.

The boat club also represents All Souls College, Oxford but there is only one recorded rower from All Souls having participated in The Boat Race and that was Dick Eason in The Boat Race 1924.

Magdalen have won the men's Eights Week regatta 20 times, the last being in 2007.

Honours Henley Royal Regatta YearRaces won 1846 Diamond Challenge Sculls 1865 Diamond Challenge Sculls 1866 Diamond Challenge Sculls 1872 Diamond Challenge Sculls 1884 Diamond Challenge Sculls 1885 Diamond Challenge Sculls 1888 Diamond Challenge Sculls 1889 Diamond Challenge Sculls 1890 Diamond Challenge Sculls 1891 Diamond Challenge Sculls 1893 Stewards' Challenge Cup, Diamond Challenge Sculls 1899 Stewards' Challenge Cup 1903 Ladies' Challenge Plate 1907 Stewards' Challenge Cup, Wyfold Challenge Cup, Visitors' Challenge Cup 1908 Stewards' Challenge Cup, Visitors' Challenge Cup 1910 Grand Challenge Cup 1911 Grand Challenge Cup 1920 Grand Challenge Cup, Stewards' Challenge Cup, Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup 1921 Grand Challenge Cup, Stewards' Challenge Cup 1922 Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup 1923 Visitors' Challenge Cup 1948 Visitors' Challenge Cup 1953 Visitors' Challenge Cup 1960 Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup

Boat Race representatives The following rowers were part of the rowing club at the time of their participation in The Boat Race.

Men

YearName 1836 T. Harris 1858 H. Austen 1860 G. Norsworthy 1872 A. W. Nicholson 1872 Courtenay Knollys 1873 Courtenay Knollys 1873 A. W. Nicholson 1874 A. W. Nicholson 1877 H. Pelham 1878 H. Pelham 1879 J. H. T. Wharton 1880 J. H. T. Wharton 1881 J. H. T. Wharton 1882 A. H. Higgins 1885 W. S. Unwin 1885 H. Girdlestone 1886 W. S. Unwin 1886 H. Girdlestone 1887 G. Nickalls 1888 A. P. Parker 1888 G. Nickalls 1889 R. P. P. Rowe 1889 G. Nickalls 1890 G. Nickalls 1890 R. P. P. Rowe 1891 W. M. Poole 1891 R. P. P. Rowe 1891 V. Nickalls 1891 G. Nickalls 1892 H. B. Cotton 1892 V. Nickalls 1892 W. A. L. Fletcher 1892 C. M. Pitman 1893 H. B. Cotton 1893 V. Nickalls 1893 W. A. L. Fletcher 1893 M. C. Pilkington 1894 H. B. Cotton 1894 M. C. Pilkington 1894 E. G. Tew 1895 H. B. Cotton 1895 M. C. Pilkington 1895 C. D. Burnell 1896 E. C. Sherwood 1896 C. D. Burnell 1896 R. Carr 1896 H. G. Gold 1897 C. D. Burnell 1897 R. Carr 1897 H. G. Gold 1898 C. D. Burnell 1898 R. Carr 1898 H. G. Gold 1899 H. G. Gold 1899 G. S. Maclagan + 1900 H. H. Dutton 1900 C. P. Rowley 1900 G. S. Maclagan +

YearName 1901 G. S. Maclagan + 1902 G. S. Maclagan + 1903 C. A. Willis 1906 A. G. Kirby 1907 J. A. Gillan 1907 A. G. Kirby 1907 A. W. F. Donkin + 1908 R. P. Stanhope 1908 C. R. Cudmore 1908 E. H. L. Southwell 1908 A. G. Kirby 1908 A. W. F. Donkin + 1909 C. R. Cudmore 1909 A. S. Garton 1909 D. Mackinnon 1909 J. A. Gillan 1909 A. G. Kirby 1909 A. W. F. Donkin + 1910 D. Mackinnon 1910 A. S. Garton 1910 P. Fleming 1910 A. W. F. Donkin + 1911 L. G. Wormald 1911 R. E. Burgess 1911 E. J. H. V. Millington-Drake 1911 A. S. Garton 1911 D. Mackinnon 1911 H. Bensley Wells + 1912 L. G. Wormald 1912 E. D. Horsfall 1912 H. Bensley Wells + 1913 E. R. Burgess 1913 C. L. Bailieu 1913 L. G. Wormald 1913 E. D. Horsfall 1913 H. Bensley Wells + 1914 E. D. Horsfall 1914 H. Bensley Wells + 1920 S. Earl 1920 A. T. M Durand 1920 W. E. C. James 1920 W. H. Porritt 1921 S. Earl 1921 W. E. C. James 1921 R. S. C. Lucas 1921 G. O. Nickalls 1921 W. H. Porritt + 1922 S. Earl 1922 G. O. Nickalls 1922 W. H. Porritt + 1923 G. O. Nickalls 1923 G. D. Clapperton + 1924 Dick Eason ^ 1924 G. D. Clapperton + 1927 P. Johnson 1928 M. C. Graham 1929 J. M. Macdonald 1929 J. A. Ingles

YearName 1933 C. Komarakul-Na-Nagara + 1936 J. D. Sturrock 1937 R. R. Stewart 1937 J. D. Sturrock 1938 J. L. Garton 1938 R. R. Stewart 1938 H. A. W. Forbes 1939 J. L. Garton 1939 R. R. Stewart 1939 R. D. Burnell 1939 H. A. W. Forbes 1946 J. R. W. Gleave 1946 R. Ebsworth Snow + 1947 D. G. Jamieson 1947 J. R. W. Gleave 1948 J. R. W. Gleave 1949 A. J. M. Cavenagh 1949 J. M. Clay 1950 H. J. Renton 1950 J. M. Clay 1950 A. J. M. Cavenagh 1951 H. J. Renton 1954 J. A. Gobbo 1955 J. A. Gobbo 1955 D. P. Wells 1959 A. T. Lindsay 1959 D. C. Rutherford 1960 A. T. Lindsay 1960 D. C. Rutherford 1962 P. C. D. Burnell 1966 R. A. D. Freeman 1972 M. A. Magerery 1973 M. R. Magarvey 1980 M. D. Andrews 1982 H. E. Clay 1983 W. J. Lang 1983 H. E. Clay 1984 W. J. Lang 1984 S. R. Lesser + 1985 W. J. Lang 1985 F. M. Reininger 1985 S. R. Lesser + 2003 Henry Morris 2019 Tobias Schröder 2021 Tobias Schröder 2023 Tom Sharrock 2025 Tom Sharrock 2025 Tobias Bernard + 2026 Tobias Bernard +

Women YearName 2015 Maxie Scheske 2023 Freya Willis

Key + = Coxswain ^ = represented All Souls College

See also University rowing (UK) Oxford University Boat Club Rowing on the River Thames

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