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Worcester College
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East side of Main Quad
Worcester College Oxford Coat Of Arms (Historic).svg
Blazon: Argent, two chevronels between six martlets, three, two and one gules (arms of Cookes)
University Oxford
Location Worcester Street
Coordinates 51°45′18″N 1°15′49″W / 51.754971°N 1.263701°W / 51.754971; -1.263701
Full name Worcester College in the University of Oxford
Latin name Collegium Vigorniense
Established 1283 as Gloucester College,
1560 as Gloucester Hall,
1714 as Worcester College
Named for Sir Thomas Cookes,
Worcestershire
Previous names Gloucester College, Gloucester Hall
Sister college St Catharine's College, Cambridge
Provost David Isaac, CBE
Undergraduates 412 (2011/2012)
Postgraduates 167
Boat club Worcester College Boat Club
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Worcester College, Oxford is located in Oxford city centre
Worcester College, Oxford
Location in Oxford city centre

Worcester College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. The college was founded in 1714 by the benefaction of Sir Thomas Cookes, 2nd Baronet (1648-1701) of Norgrove, Worcestershire, whose coat of arms was adopted by the College. Its predecessor, Gloucester College, had been an institution of learning on the same site since the late 13th century until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539. Founded as a men's college, Worcester has been coeducational since 1979. The Provost is David Isaac, CBE who took office on 1 July 2021

As of 2018, Worcester College had a financial endowment of £41.9 million.

Notable alumni of the college include the media mogul Rupert Murdoch, television producer and screenwriter Russell T Davies, US Supreme Court justice Elena Kagan, Fields Medalist Simon Donaldson, and novelist Richard Adams.

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Worcester College is known for its sporting prowess, especially in football, cricket and hockey, and is one of the few colleges to have its sporting grounds onsite (football, rugby, tennis, basketball, netball, croquet and cricket). In the 2011/2012 season Worcester won Men's Football Cuppers, Men's Reserve Football Cuppers and Women's Football Cuppers. During recent years the hockey side has won numerous league titles, 'Varsity Cuppers' or 'Supercuppers' in 2015, and Cuppers in 2016.. The cricket side were victorious in the 2019 cuppers competition, winning all matches in a convincing fashion never before seen in college cricket, largely thanks to star player William Maloney who took no fewer than 103 wickets in 8 matches during the season. The Worcester College Boat Club was founded in 1825 and shares the boathouse building with Merton College Boat Club.

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