Prince was born in Somercotes, Derbyshire, the son of Thomas Prince, a coal miner, and his wife Hannah.
In 1881 the family was living at Skegby, Nottingham and Prince himself was a miner at the age of 13.
[1] Prince, with fellow one-timer John Bourne, played one match for Derbyshire in the 1898 season in July against Nottinghamshire.
A right-arm medium-fast bowler, Prince was given little chance to bowl and took no wickets, but conceded just thirteen from nine overs, the best runs-per-over rate for the team during the entire match.
He was a right-handed batsman and as a tailender, put on two runs in the first innings and did not bat in the second innings as the match finished as a draw.