Pridmore was educated at Elstow School,
Elstow and
Bedford Grammar School. He played club hockey for Coventry & North Warwicks Hockey Club. At the 1908 Olympic Games, Pridmore set an Olympic record for most goals scored by an individual in an Olympic final in men's field hockey with his 4 goals in England's 8–1 victory. This record stood till the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, where India's
Balbir Singh Sr. scored 5 goals in India's 6–1 victory over the Netherlands. Pridmore was also a
cricketer, and played first-class cricket as a right-hand batsman for
Warwickshire. He was a stockbroker by trade. serving as a major with the
Royal Field Artillery near the
Piave River in Italy. He was buried at the
Giavera British Cemetery nearby. == See also ==