Complex sentence: Hichens entered Magdalen College, Oxford to read law in 1927, a keen sportsman, he started rowing and within six months was in the Magdalan second eight and by the following year he made the first eight as stroke oarsman.
Split into simpler sentences: Hichens entered Magdalen College, Oxford to read law in 1927. A keen sportsman, he started rowing and within six months was in the Magdalan second eight and by the following year he made the first eight as stroke oarsman.