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| Location | Hammersmith, London, England |
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| Coordinates | 51°29′23.7″N 0°13′54.2″W / 51.489917°N 0.231722°W |
| Home water | Tideway, River Thames |
| Founded | 1896 |
| Membership | c. 100 |
| Affiliations | British Rowing boat code: FSC |
| Website | www |
| Notable members | |
| Andy Holmes | |
Furnivall Sculling Club is a rowing club based on the Tideway in Hammersmith, London. It was called Hammersmith Sculling Club until 1946. It was founded in 1896 by Frederick Furnivall, after whom the riverside Furnivall Gardens a few metres away are named.[1] For its initial five years, in the reign of Queen Victoria, the club was for females only and is widely considered to have had the world's first female rowing team (crew).[2] Furnivall has also admitted males since 1901. The club colours are a precise pallette: myrtle and old gold.
- ^ Ogilvie, Sarah (1 November 2012). Words of the World: A Global History of the Oxford English Dictionary. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781139789530.
- ^ Ogilvie, Sarah (1 November 2012). Words of the World: A Global History of the Oxford English Dictionary. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781139789530.