| Reginald Pridmore | |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 14 |
| Runs1: | 315 |
| Bat Avg1: | 12.60 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 49 |
| Hidedeliveries: | true |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 7/– |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/19065.html Cricinfo |
| Date: | 18 November |
| Year: | 2022 |
Reginald George Pridmore (29 April 1886 – 13 March 1918) was a field hockey player,[1] who won the gold medal with the England team at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.[2] Pridmore set an Olympic record for most goals scored by an individual in an Olympic final in Men's field hockey with his 4 goals in England's 8–1 victory. This record stood till the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, where India's Balbir Singh Sr. scored 5 goals in India's 6–1 victory over the Netherlands.
Pridmore was also a cricketer, and played first-class cricket as a right-hand batsman for Warwickshire.[3]
Pridmore was killed in action, aged 31, during the First World War,[4] serving as a major with the Royal Field Artillery near the Piave River in Italy.[5] He was buried at the Giavera British Cemetery nearby.[6]