It is unclear when cricket was first played in Buckie or when Buckie Cricket Club was formed but one thing is certain, it was played and there was an organised Club before 1882 which is as far back as records can be traced.

In June 1882, a Cricket Club named Cairnfield was formed. The patron of the Club was J P Gordon of Cairnfield who, it is reported, forwarded a handsome donation of two guineas to the Secretary G Pirie. It later transpired that Cairnfield was a "Junior Club of the Town".

Around the same time there were reports regarding a public park for Buckie and mention was made of 3 football teams and two cricket teams in the town who were experiencing a lack of recreation facilities.

On10 April 1883, Buckie Athletic Association held a meeting in the Volunteer Hall at which a Football and Cricket Club were formed. Secretary and Treasurer of both Clubs were Mr Milne and Mr MacGregor respectively while Mr Wood was appointed Cricket Club Captain and Mr MacIntosh Vice-Captain. There is on record reports of the games having been played that year.

The first was a friendly game against Lhanbryde which was played on "The Bents" at Ianstown. Buckie scored 64 in their first innings of which W Horn scored 21. Lhanbryde replied with 3 with A Wood taking 5 wickets and J Johnstone 3. When time was called Buckie had scored 68 for 5 in their second innings. The match was therefore decided on the first innings with Buckie the victors by 32 runs.

The other game was with Cullen and was played on the practising ground of Buckie CC. Buckie won the match by 59 runs to 31. The Buckie total included 26 extras which was attributed to the bad fielding of the Cullen longstop. A Wood and J Johnstone shared the wickets taking 4 and 6 respectively.

Buckie Cricket club advertised a meeting in the Volunteer Hall on 9 April 1884. The object of the meeting was the reconstitution of the Club for the current year. Patron of the Club was J P Gordon Cairnfield which suggests a link between Buckie CC and the Junior Club Cairnfield. Mr Wright was elected President and A Wood Captain.

Buckie visited Cullen and defeated the home team by 34 runs. Cullen batted first and scored 34 with J Johnston taking 5 wickets and Buckie replied scoring 68 of which A Urquhart contributed 47. The home side were 6 for 3 in their second innings when according to the match report "an unfortunate misunderstanding" arose amongst the players and resulted in the Cullen team withdrawing from the contest. However, one spectator was so disgusted with the whole affair that he penned the following letter to the Banffshire Advertiser:

Gordon Castle grounds was the scene of Buckie's game with Fochabers. Buckie scored 61 and Fochabers scored 34 and 45 for 8 which resulted in Buckie being declared winners by 27 runs.

Buckie then played three games against Cairnfield at the surprising venue of Peter Fair Stance. In the first match Buckie scored 129 before dismissing Cairnfield - all 18 of them - for only 39. In the second game a "weak" Buckie team lost to Cairnfield - who managed only 14 players on this occasion - 38 runs to 59. The third match resulted in a win for Buckie again over a 14 man Cairnfield by 8 runs. 85 to 77.

On the first occasion it was reported that all the players, together with a number of spectators, travelled by rail to Rathven Station which is within a stones throw of the park.

The married men of the Club, most of whom had not played for a number of years, had a game against the single men. The married men scored 34 in both their innings while the single men scored 96 in their only visit to the wicket. They did, however, start their innings badly as "the underhand daisy cutters of their opponents caught them unawares".

It had been reported in the paper that the ground "The Bents" at Ianstown had been rented by Buckie Golf Club and that permission to use the ground for other amusements must be obtained from the Golf Club. This probably explains the use of Peter Fair Stance for games and at the meeting prior to the 1885 season, the Secretary was instructed to seek permission to play there again since no ground near the town was available.

There appeared to be very few games played during the season despite the fact that there were clubs in Cullen, Portsoy, Banff, Fochabers, Keith, Lhanbryde and Elgin in addition to the two in Buckie.