[14][15] In the 1920-21 Sheffield Shield season he played in just two of South Australia's four games and scored 44 runs at an average of 11.

[25] In October 1924, a report named him the best left-handed batsman in South Australia, and noted that while he had previously been limited to leg-side scoring he had improved his off-side play considerably.

[33] In January 1925 a writer suggested that Pritchard would have been selected for Australia had he played for New South Wales or Victoria, praising him for his more aggressive approach to batting,[34] and he was reportedly in consideration for selection for the Test team that month, but had a poor start to the district cricket season with a series of small scores.

[43] The criticism abated when Johnny Taylor withdrew from the trial match to undertake university examinations[44] and Pritchard was selected in his place,[45] although it was suggested that he would be an emergency substitute not in either playing XI.

[46] He did not play in the match, which drew further criticism from South Australia,[47] where it had been hoped that he would have been able to secure selection in the Test team for the Ashes Tour.

[48] The decision was also criticized as while it was intended as a compliment it meant Pritchard had traveled from South Australia to Sydney only to carry drinks.

[62] In October 1928 he was selected to represent South Australia in a match against the touring English Ashes side, and he was noted for his good fielding in the slips,[63] and scored 119[64] in a hard-hitting innings in which his pull-shot was prominent.

[68] However he only played in one game in the Sheffield Shield season, scoring 12 and 15 against Victoria in Melbourne in what was described as a disastrous trip for South Australia.

[80] He was also able to play in all of South Australia's games in the 1929-30 Sheffield Shield season and scored 530 runs at an average of 44.16 with a century and two fifties.

[82] In October 1930, Pritchard was selected as Captain of South Australia for a game against Queensland in Brisbane in the absence of Vic Richardson who was still returning from England after the Ashes.

[89] In the 1931-32 Sheffield Shield season, his last for South Australia, he played just one game in November 1931 against Victoria in Adelaide scoring 6 and a duck.

[92] A match report from the 1932-33 district season notes that he had given fine service to South Australia, suggesting he had formally retired from First-Class cricket.

[94] In February 1934 he had a good run of scores for Port Adelaide with straight drives and strong pulls to leg being noted as his best shots.

[98] In 1942, Pritchard came out of retirement to play for a Port Adelaide Veterans side in a single innings charity match for the Fighting Forces Comfort Fund, but made a duck.