Buckie made a good start in 1937 defeating Elgin at the Cooper Park 96-55 with N P Wood taking 6 for 18. However, Buckie's only other win was to be against HLI Fort George who had returned to bring the number of teams up to seven. Buckie again ended the season sharing the wooden spoon. It was also defeat at the first time of asking in the Knock Out Cup although Nairn's last pair scored 26 in order to pass Buckie's total of 112. Buckie were resplendent in new green and white caps gifted by James MacKay, draper.
Buckie were more successful in their friendly games with 2 wins over Fraserburgh Toolworks, wins over Keith and Dr Smith's XI, but bad light stopped play in their match with Rev S H R Warnes XI. Several Buckie players also played football for Buckie Thistle and in a game between the two Thistle came out on top 120 to 64.
A new pavilion fund had been started and a game was arranged with Aberdeen University with the proceeds going to the fund. However it is not known if the game took place.
One of Buckie's bright young players Victor Coutts scored a century for Buckie High School against Fordyce Academy retiring after knocking up 111.
At the Club's AGM in1938 there was a proposal to change the name to Banffshire CC. It was decided that contact should be made with Banff and Keith for their opinion on the matter, however, it would appear that the renaming never occurred.
The Association voted to adopt the new MCC rules regarding LBW and larger size wickets.
Hail and snow prevented play in the opening game of the season against Elgin which was just as well as Buckie was having difficulty raising a side.
Defeats at the hands of Northern Counties when they had to field four schoolboys and Nairn County when they dropped 10 catches and fielded abysmally did not auger too well for the season.
However, wins over HLI Fort George (62-63 for 7) and Forres (61-46) with W C Campbell taking 6 wickets for 25 runs restored the balance. That was to be the only two league wins of the season, the next best being draws with Huntly and Forres.
In the home league game with Northern Counties, Buckie scored 6 runs in the first hour of play and were all out for 28 after 1½ hours. L T Watson who was later to play for Buckie took 8 wickets for 8 runs.
Another change agreed by the Association was the introduction of 8 ball overs in the Knock Out Cup Competition.
Buckie travelled to play HLI Fort George in the first round but heavy rain prevented any play.
It was agreed that since Buckie travelled and at considerable cost - bus cost £4 - the league game due on June 13 would also count for the K.O. Cup. This caused quite a story with the Sunday Post considering it worthy of a few paragraphs but in the end it was deemed unconstitutional and only the cup tie was played. HLI scored 194 with Pte Nutley scoring 102 while Buckie replied with 75. Not once during the season did Buckie reach three figures.
They did record a victory over Keith in a friendly but lost two other games to Rev S H R Warnes XI and Cullen Visitors within the space of a few days. Victor Coutts distinguished himself against Warnes XI taking 7 wickets at a cost of 25 runs.
Buckie received an invitation from Keith to enter a 2nd XI in the North of Scotland Junior Cup Competition in 1939 but were unable to accept due to a lack of players.
The season began with a convincing 122-43 win over HLI Fort George with G Milton scoring 43 and taking 4 wickets for 7 runs. Because of increasing military commitments HLI Fort George had to withdraw from the League and their games were declared null and void.
Milton was again the star with 48 and taking 4 for 33 in the 5 run victory (100-95) over Forres St Lawrence, but in the K.O. Cup 1st Round Tie against the same team they never recovered from losing 2 wickets off the first two balls of the game to be all out for 38 and suffered a 7 wicket defeat. In the other league game with Forres, Buckie had been dismissed for 55 but Forres rallied from 5 for 6 to reach 60 all out. G Milton (6 for 19) and V Coutts (4 for 24) had caused the Forres hearts to flutter.
Buckie had to wait to the last game of he season before notching up another win, beating Huntly 93-44 with V Coutts taking 5 for 29 and G Milton 4 for 11.
Buckie entertained East Lothian side Fauldhouse but were soundly thrashed 133-28 with 7 players failing to score.
A win over Fochabers 108 for 4-58 in a friendly at Buckie was followed by another victory over Cullen Visitors. The Visitors were all out for 57, J Birnie took 4 wickets for 6 runs and Buckie replied with 121 for 6 with L Shearer scoring 58 and achieving the unusual feat for a Buckie player in reaching the half century.
Although Buckie had completed all their fixtures the outbreak of World War 2 prevented the completion of all the games, but not enough to prevent the championship being won by Nairn County. The Batting and Bowling Averages Cups were withheld.
