[2][3] TE Pearce played cricket for the colony in Interport matches against Shanghai and Malaya and was described as one of the strengths of the side between the wars.
[9] Pearce played regularly for the county in 1931 and 1932 and won his county cap in the later season, scoring 581 runs at a batting average of 24.13 during the season, including a score of 83 at Tunbridge Wells against Northants as part of a partnership of 194 runs with Les Ames which was described as "brilliant cricket".
[7] He returned to Hong Kong at the end of the season to join his father's business, although he played for Kent in 1937 and 1946 whilst in England on leave.
His father was killed during the Battle of Hong Kong while serving as a private soldier[3][4] and Pearce was imprisoned with his brother John at Sham Shui Po for the duration of the war.
[12][13] After his death Pearce's widow, Nina, presented a set of framed photographs of every capped Kent player to the club in his memory.