Hector McLean (1864 – January 1888) was an

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who rowed in the Boat Race and won

Silver Goblets The Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup is a rowing event for men's coxless pairs at the annual Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames in England. It is open to male crews from all eligible rowing club A rowing club ...

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. McLean was the son of

John Donald McLean John Donald McLean (1820 – 16 December 1866) was a politician and colonial Treasurer of Queensland. Early life McLean was born in Kilmuir, Inverness-shire, Scotland, the youngest son of Donald McLean, landowner, and his wife Flora ''née'' ...

, colonial treasurer of Queensland, Australia.Sussex Battle War Memorial
/ref> He went to England where was educated at

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and rowed in the

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crew in the

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three times in the 1885, 1886 and 1887 races, winning in 1885. Also in 1885, he won

at Henley with his brother, Douglas McLean. In 1886 the McLean brothers were beaten in the final of the Silver Goblets by

Stanley Muttlebury Stanley Duff Muttlebury (29 April 1866 – 3 May 1933) was an English rower notable in the annals of rowing and the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race. Parentage Muttlebury was born 29 April 1866 in London, England, the only child of Captain Jame ...

and Fraser Churchill. During the 1887 boat race his brother's oar broke. Oxford were behind at

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, but Cambridge moved into rougher water too far over to the Surrey bank and Oxford were expecting to push through when the disaster struck. At Henley the McLeans were again runners up in Silver Goblets to Muttlebury and Charles Theodore Barclay. McLean was Oxford president in 1887/8 but died of typhoid fever in the Guildford district at the age of 23.

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The Rowers of Vanity Fair/Nickalls D H - Wikibooks, collection of open-content textbooks
at en.wikibooks.org {{DEFAULTSORT:McLean, Hector 1864 births 1888 deaths Alumni of New College, Oxford English male rowers Oxford University Boat Club rowers Deaths from typhoid fever Australian emigrants to the United Kingdom