Partridge attended St Catharine's College, Cambridge, where he won a football Blue (1920–21) and was capped for England in the amateur international against France in 1921.[2][3] He finished in second place at the Oxford versus Cambridge varsity athletics match in 1921. The following year he won the event[2] and finished second behind Frederick Gaby in the 120 yards hurdles event at the 1922 AAA Championships.[4][5]
He won the Southern Counties title in 1923 before finishing second again behind Fred Gaby at the 1923 AAA Championships and third in the 1924 AAA Championships (again behind Gaby).[6]
Partridge left Cambridge without taking a degree and went into business with his father, who was an antiques dealer with premises in Bond Street and New York.[2] He died in the Republic of Ireland in 1976.
