Pritchard won the Bengal province 100 yards sprint title for seven consecutive years, from 1894 to 1900 and set a meet record in 1898–99.

[7] He won two silver medals at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, coming second in the 200 metres behind Walter Tewksbury of the United States and second in the 200 metres hurdles behind the legendary Alvin Kraenzlein, also of the United States.

[9] In 2005 the IAAF published the official track and field statistics for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

In the historical records section Pritchard was listed as having competed for Great Britain in 1900.

Some research by Olympic historians has shown that Pritchard was chosen to represent Great Britain after competing in the British AAA championship in July 1900.