He won 37 New Zealand national croquet titles, and in 1970 became the first player to execute a sextuple peel in competition.
[2] Prince was a surprise selection at the age of 17 in the New Zealand team for the 1963 MacRobertson International Croquet Shield where he beat John Solomon, regarded as the world's best player at the time, in the test match against England.
[4] On 30 March 1970, Prince became the first player to complete a sextuple peel in a competition during the final of the Hawke's Bay Easter Invitation.
[5] In the 2000 New Year Honours, Prince was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to croquet.
[3] A set of supplementary booklets written by Prince and published by Croquet New Zealand include: Prince made contributions to and created artwork for Play Better Croquet: An Introduction to Today's Game by Geoffrey Naylor which was published by Hazard Press.