New Zealand-South African decathlete and javelin thrower
Ernest Sutherland
Sutherland during World War I |
Personal information |
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Born | (1894-04-26)26 April 1894 Palmerston North, New Zealand |
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Died | 8 July 1936(1936-07-08) (aged 42) Palmerston North, New Zealand |
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Occupation | Police officer |
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Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] |
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Weight | 74 kg (164 lb)[1] |
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Sport |
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Sport | Track and field |
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Event(s) | Decathlon, shot put, high jump, javelin throw, long jump, pole vault, triple jump |
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Achievements and titles |
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National finals | High jump champion (1920, 1921) Javelin throw champion (1921, 1922) Long jump champion (1920, 1922, 1927, 1928) Pole vault champion (1929) Shot put champion (1927) Triple jump champion (1915, 1920) |
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Ernest George Sutherland (26 April 1894 – 8 July 1936), also known as Buz Sutherland, was a New Zealand athlete.[2] Well known in his home country, he stayed in South Africa in 1922 after touring with a New Zealand team. He competed for South Africa at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris and came fifth in the decathlon. He returned to New Zealand in 1926.[3]
Born in Palmerston North on 26 April 1894, Sutherland was the son of Jessie and William Sutherland.[1][4] In May 1915, he enlisted in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, serving overseas for three years and six months as a rifleman in the New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1st Battalion, and seeing active service in North Africa and France.[1][5] He was wounded in action, suffering a severe gunshot wound to his left thigh, at Bir Shola in January 1916 during the Senussi campaign.[1][6]
In all, Sutherland won 12 New Zealand national athletic championship titles across six field disciplines. His only title before leaving to fight in World War I was in the triple jump in 1915, his other 11 titles coming after the war. These were in: the triple jump in 1920; the high jump in 1920 and 1921; the long jump in 1920, 1922, 1927, and 1928; the javelin throw in 1921 and 1922; the shot put in 1927; and finally the pole vault in 1929.[7]
Sutherland was a policeman. He had a fatal fall from his bicycle on 8 July 1936 in Palmerston North when his shoulder strap became entangled with his knee and handlebars. He went head-first over his handlebar and broke his neck.[8][9]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Sutherland, Ernest George – WW1 23/927 – Army". Archives New Zealand. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ "Ernest Sutherland". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ernest Sutherland". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
- ^ "Birth search: registration number 1894/3339". Births, deaths & marriages online. Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ "Ernest George Sutherland". Online Cenotaph. Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ "The roll of honour". Otago Daily Times. No. 16610. 5 February 1916. p. 8. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ Hollings, Stephen (October 2019). "National champions 1887–2019" (PDF). Athletics New Zealand. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ "Death of former well-known athlete". The New Zealand Herald. Vol. LXXIII, no. 22466. 9 July 1936. p. 10. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
- ^ ""An extraordinary case"". The Press. Vol. LXXII, no. 21833. 13 July 1936. p. 14. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
New Zealand national champions in men's high jump
- 1888: F. Perry
- 1889–1890: J. McNaught
- 1891: John Edward Hume / Edward Theodore Laurie
- 1892: Fred Meyrick
- 1893: Ross Gore / Fred Meyrick
- 1894–1895: H.S. Bailey
- 1896: P.J. Brown
- 1897: Charlie Laurie
- 1898: Hugh Good
- 1899: Robert Brownlee
- 1900: Charlie Laurie
- 1901: Matthew Roseingrave (AUS) / Cuthbert Harper / Henry Prebble
- 1902: Cuthbert Harper / Charlie Laurie
- 1903: Ralph Hamilton Grahame
- 1904: Cuthbert Harper
- 1905: Matthew Roseingrave
- 1906: Charlie Laurie
- 1907–1910: Charles Orbell
- 1911–1912: R.F. Mitchell
- 1913–1915: Philip Doyle
- 1916–1919: not held
- 1920–1921: Ernest Sutherland
- 1922–1924: Jack Shirley
- 1925: Richard Stevens
- 1926–1927: Jack Shirley
- 1928: Geoff Sceats
- 1929: R.H. Neville
- 1930–1931: F. Brady
- 1932–1933: Tim Crowe
- 1934: Phil Hackett
- 1935–1936: Tim Crowe
- 1937: A.J. Maher
- 1938: G. Hunter
- 1939: E. Phillips
- 1940: L. Grey
- 1941–1944: not held
- 1945: G. Hunter
- 1946–1947: Johnny Borland
- 1948–1949: Raymond McKenzie
- 1950: Johnny Borland
- 1951–1958: Peter Wells
- 1959: B. Thomas
- 1960: Bob Thomas
- 1961–1962: Murray Jeffries
- 1963: Bill Speirs
- 1964: Murray Jeffries / Bill Speirs
- 1965: Bill Speirs
- 1966: Murray Jeffries
- 1967: Perry Cunningham
- 1968–1970: Bill Speirs
- 1971: Ian Finlayson
- 1972: Terry Stewart
- 1973: Peter Tracy
- 1974: Arthur Jordan
- 1975: Peter Crampton
- 1976: Lindsay Guthrie
- 1977: Tom Woods (USA)
- 1978–1980: Terry Lomax
- 1981: Dave McDonald
- 1982–1987: Roger Te Puni
- 1988: Steven Hollings
- 1989: Roger Te Puni
- 1990: Jeff Brown
- 1991–1994: Roger Te Puni
- 1995–2001: Glenn Howard
- 2002: Bae Kyung-Ho (KOR)
- 2003: Glenn Howard
- 2004: Bae Kyung-Ho (KOR)
- 2005: Ben Giles
- 2006: Billy Crayford
- 2007: Grant Knaggs
- 2008: Duncan Noble
- 2009: Robbie Grabarz (GBR)
- 2010–2014: Billy Crayford
- 2015: Hamish Kerr
- 2016: Sam Pinson
- 2017–2023: Hamish Kerr
- 2024: Adam Stack
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New Zealand national champions in men's javelin throw |
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- 1921–1922: Ernest Sutherland
- 1923: Jack Merchant (USA)
- 1924: Eric Dunbar (AUS)
- 1925: Peter Munro
- 1926–1930: Stan Lay
- 1931: Harlow Rothert (USA)
- 1932: Peter Munro
- 1933: Rex Cresser
- 1934–1935: Stan Lay
- 1936: Claude Clegg
- 1937: Stan Lay
- 1938: Claude Clegg
- 1939: Stan Lay
- 1940: Frank Adlam
- 1941–1944: not held
- 1945–1946: Stan Lay
- 1947–1949: Claude Clegg
- 1950: Stan Lay
- 1951: Neville Grinter
- 1952–1953: Arthur Grayburn
- 1954: G. Lewis
- 1955–1959: Malcolm Hahn
- 1960: Robin Ball
- 1961: Malcolm Hahn
- 1962: Robin Ball
- 1963: Murray Speden
- 1964–1966: Robin Ball
- 1967: Raymond Paterson
- 1968: Robin Ball
- 1969–1971: Raymond Paterson
- 1972: D.C. Leary
- 1973: Raymond Paterson
- 1974: P. van der Griend
- 1975: David Hookway
- 1976–1982: Mike O'Rourke
- 1983: David Hookway
- 1984–1986: John Stapylton-Smith
- 1987: Gavin Lovegrove
- 1988: Mike O'Rourke
- 1989: John Stapylton-Smith
- 1990–1994: Gavin Lovegrove
- 1995: Andrew Harrison
- 1996–1997: Diggory Brooke
- 1998: Erin Bevans
- 1999: Vladimir Ovchinnikov (RUS)
- 2000: James Goulding
- 2001: Andrew Harrison
- 2002: Joachim Kiteau (FRA)
- 2003: Stuart Farquhar
- 2004: Park Jae-myong (KOR)
- 2005–2016: Stuart Farquhar
- 2017–2019: Ben Langton Burnell
- 2020: Alex Wood
- 2021: Anton Schroder
- 2022: Jared Neighbours
- 2023–2024: Douw Botes
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New Zealand national champions in men's long jump |
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- 1888: Thomas Harman
- 1889: Leonard Cuff
- 1890: Thomas Harman
- 1891–1892: Thomas Frederick Upfill
- 1893: Ross Gore
- 1894: Wally Mendelson
- 1895: Jack Ryan
- 1896–1897: Leonard Cuff
- 1898: Alan Good
- 1899: Robert Brownlee
- 1900: Peter Buck
- 1901: Matthew Roseingrave
- 1902: Cuthbert Harper
- 1903: Peter Buck
- 1904: Morrie Wood
- 1905: Matthew Roseingrave
- 1906: Gerald Keddell
- 1907–1908: Len McKay
- 1909: Gerald Keddell
- 1910: Frederick Cecil Hubbard
- 1911–1913: Gerald Keddell
- 1914: A. McLeod
- 1915: Frederick Cecil Hubbard
- 1916–1919: not held
- 1920: Ernest Sutherland
- 1921: William Christopher John Perry
- 1922: Ernest Sutherland
- 1923: Wilfred Buckhurst
- 1924: Charles Eugene Low
- 1925: Walter Wilton
- 1926: Jack Shirley
- 1927–1928: Ernest Sutherland
- 1929: R.H. Neville
- 1930: Douglas William Ashley Barker
- 1931: George Sullivan
- 1932–1934: Alister Cameron
- 1935: Tim Crowe
- 1936: Alister Cameron
- 1937: Kenshi Togami (JPN)
- 1938–1940: Harry Wilkins
- 1941–1944: not held
- 1945: Max Carr
- 1946–1947: Pat Vaughan Goddard
- 1948: Dave Dephoff
- 1949: Bevin Hough
- 1952–1953: Dave Dephoff
- 1954: R. Webb
- 1955: R Wilkinson
- 1956: P. Price
- 1957: A. Bell
- 1958: Roy Williams
- 1959: Lawrence Croxson
- 1960–1961: Dave Norris
- 1962: Lawrence Croxson
- 1963–1964: Dave Norris
- 1965: Bob Thomas
- 1966: Dave Norris
- 1967: Bob Thomas
- 1968: Dave Norris
- 1969: Bob Thomas
- 1970–1971: Dave Norris
- 1972: David Dewe
- 1973–1975: Kerry Hill
- 1976–1977: Ronald Davis
- 1978: Roger Knaggs
- 1979: Kenneth Youngson
- 1980–1986: Steve Walsh
- 1987–1988: Simon Poelman
- 1989–1990: Will Hinchcliff
- 1991–1992: Jon Moyle
- 1993: Nigel Park
- 1994: Jon Moyle
- 1995–1998: Aaron Langdon
- 1999: Jon Moyle
- 2000–2001: Aaron Langdon
- 2002: François Coetzee (RSA)
- 2003: Nigel Park
- 2004: François Coetzee (RSA)
- 2005: Brent Newdick
- 2006: François Coetzee (RSA)
- 2007: Brent Newdick
- 2008–2011: Frédéric Erin (NCL)
- 2012: Brent Newdick
- 2013–2014: Matthew Wyatt
- 2015: Jordan Peters
- 2016: Matthew Wyatt
- 2017: Jesse Bryant
- 2018–2019: Jordan Peters
- 2020: Felix McDonald
- 2021: Shay Veitch
- 2022: Felix McDonald
- 2023: Shay Veitch
- 2024: Felix McDonald
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New Zealand national champions in men's pole vault |
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- 1890: Dugald McDonald Robertson
- 1891: Fred Upfill
- 1892–1893: William McDonald West
- 1894–1895: Henry Lowther Kingsley
- 1896: Robert James Hunter / Henry Lowther Kingsley
- 1897: Jimmy Te Paa / Hori Eruera
- 1898: Hori Eruera
- 1899: Jimmy Te Paa
- 1900: Charlie Laurie
- 1901: Henry Prebble
- 1902: Charlie Laurie
- 1903: Arthur Keating
- 1904: Charlie Laurie
- 1905: Jack McLachlan
- 1906: Charlie Laurie
- 1907: Len McKay
- 1908: E. McKay
- 1909–1911: Len McKay
- 1912: Geoff Giller
- 1913: Len McKay
- 1914: Harold Henry Whitaker / George Harvey
- 1915: George Harvey
- 1916–1919: not held
- 1920–1925: George Harvey
- 1926–1928: Bill Batstone
- 1929: Ernest Sutherland
- 1930: Bill Batstone
- 1931: Frank Brady
- 1932–1933: Bill Batstone
- 1934: L.E. Smith
- 1935: Fred Barraclough
- 1936: Minden Vaughan Blake
- 1937: Jack Opie
- 1938–1939: Fred Barraclough
- 1940: David Weichert
- 1941–1944: not held
- 1945–1947: Wallace Heron
- 1948: Les Fagg
- 1949–1950: Wallace Heron
- 1951: George Martin
- 1952–1962: Merv Richards
- 1963–1965: Kevin Gibbons
- 1966: Darcy McGonagle
- 1967–1970: Kevin Gibbons
- 1971–1973: Darcy McGonagle
- 1974: Peter Tracy
- 1975: Robert Gibson
- 1976–1980: Mike Ritchie
- 1981–1985: Keiran McKee
- 1986–1988: Simon Poelman
- 1989: Ian Streat
- 1990: Derek McKee
- 1991: Paul Gibbons
- 1992: Olivier Ball
- 1993–1994: Paul Gibbons
- 1995: Yasuhiro Oshima (JPN)
- 1996–1997: Paul Gibbons
- 1998: Yasuhiro Oshima (JPN)
- 1999–2001: Paul Gibbons
- 2002: Craig Merrilees
- 2003–2004: Paul Gibbons
- 2005: Jacobus Nel
- 2006–2007: Jeremy McColl
- 2008: Jacobus Nel
- 2009–2011: Brent Newdick
- 20012–2013: Nick Southgate
- 2014: Thomas North
- 2015–2018: Nick Southgate
- 2019–2020: James Steyn
- 2021: Ettiene Du Preez
- 2022: Nick Southgate
- 2023–2024: James Steyn
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New Zealand national champions in men's shot put |
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- 1890: Robert John Malcolm
- 1891–1892: Tim O'Connor
- 1893–1894: Owen McCormack
- 1895: Charles Louisson
- 1896: Walter Rhodes
- 1897: Tim O'Connor
- 1898: Hugh Good
- 1899: Owen McCormack
- 1900: William Heaney Madill
- 1901: William Orton Bradley
- 1902: William Heaney Madill
- 1903–1905: William Orton Bradley
- 1906: Robert George Rains
- 1907: Geurt Thomassen
- 1908–1909: Walter de Thier
- 1910: Len McKay
- 1911: Walter de Thier
- 1912: Albert Sidney Reid
- 1913: Walter de Thier
- 1914: J. Murray
- 1915: Albert Sidney Reid
- 1916–1919: not held
- 1920–1922: Peter Munro
- 1923: Jack Merchant (USA)
- 1924: David Brown
- 1925–1926: Peter Munro
- 1927: Ernest Sutherland
- 1928–1930: Peter Munro
- 1931: Harlow Rothert (USA)
- 1932–1935: Peter Munro
- 1936: Alister Cameron
- 1937: Ken Guy
- 1938–1939: Doug Herman
- 1940: Jack Opie
- 1941–1944: not held
- 1945–1946: Doug Herman
- 1947–1949: Keith Morgan
- 1950: Doug Herman
- 1951: Keith Morgan
- 1952–1953: Harold Moody
- 1954: Clifford Ormsby
- 1955: Les Mills
- 1956: A. Jefferies
- 1957–1962: Les Mills
- 1963: Robin Tait
- 1964: Richard Harris
- 1965–1970: Les Mills
- 1971: Robin Tait
- 1972: Les Mills
- 1973–1974: Robin Tait
- 1975–1976: Keith Falle
- 1977: Mac Wilkins (USA)
- 1978–1981: Henry Smith (SAM)
- 1982: Alan Hallberg
- 1983–1986: Henry Smith (SAM)
- 1987: Walter Gill
- 1988: Henry Smith (SAM)
- 1989: Walter Gill
- 1990: Courtney Ireland
- 1991: Simon Poelman
- 1992: Patrick Hellier
- 1993: Henry Smith (SAM)
- 1994–1995: Patrick Hellier
- 1996: Richard Thompson
- 1997–1998: Ian Winchester
- 1999: Sergey Lyakhov (RUS)
- 2000–2001: Ian Winchester
- 2002: Bertrand Vili (NCL)
- 2003–2006: Shaka Sola (SAM)
- 2007: Patrick Hellier
- 2008–2010: Daniel Kilama (FRA)
- 2011: Liu Yang (CHN)
- 2012–2022: Tom Walsh
- 2023–2024: Jacko Gill
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New Zealand national champions in men's triple jump |
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- 1911: Len McKay
- 1912: Fred Hazlett
- 1913: Len McKay
- 1914: Fred Hazlett
- 1915: Ernest Sutherland
- 1916–1919: not held
- 1920: Ernest Sutherland
- 1921–1923: Gordon Plummer
- 1924–1925: Walter Wilton
- 1926–1928: Jack Shirley
- 1929: Bengt Rydbeck
- 1930–1931: George Sullivan
- 1932–1933: Alister Cameron
- 1934–1935: Harold Brainsby
- 1936: Alister Cameron
- 1937: Kenshi Togami (JPN)
- 1938: Alister Cameron
- 1939: Harry Wilkins
- 1940: Campion Alexander Calvert
- 1941–1944: not held
- 1945: C.J. Blewett
- 1946: Keith Forsythe
- 1947: C.J. Blewett
- 1948: Keith Forsythe
- 1949: Bevin Hough
- 1950–1951: Colin Kay
- 1952–1953: Patrick Sharon
- 1954: R. Webb
- 1955: M. Pearce
- 1956: R. Webb
- 1957–1971: Dave Norris
- 1972–1973: Ken Simpson
- 1974–1975: Dave Norris
- 1976: Dragán Ivanov
- 1977: Dave Norris
- 1978–1981: Phil Wood
- 1982: Tuariki Delamere
- 1984: Kevin Todd
- 1985: Peter Beames (AUS)
- 1986: Evan Peterson
- 1987: Mike Makin (GBR)
- 1988: Alan Whitton
- 1989–1990: Nigel Avery
- 1991: Alan Whitton
- 1992: Karl Schierling
- 1993: Nigel Park
- 1994: Jari Lämsä (FIN)
- 1995: Scott Newman
- 1996: Mark Edmond
- 1997: Scott Newman
- 1998: Nigel Park
- 1999: Khamal Ganley
- 2000–2002: Scott Clements
- 2003: Tim Hawkes
- 2004: Tom Davie
- 2005: Tim Hawkes
- 2006: Scott Clements
- 2007: Charles Nicolson
- 2008: Nigel Park
- 2009–2010: Brent Newdick
- 2011–2012: Todd Swanson
- 2013–2015: Phillip Wyatt
- 2016–2019: Ebuka Okpala
- 2020: Andrew Allan
- 2021–2022: Scott Thomson
- 2023: Ebuka Okpala
- 2024: Ethan Olivier
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