David Buchanan (16 January 1830 – 30 May 1900) was an English amateur cricketer who played mainly as a bowler and who had two careers separated in an unusual manner by a long period out of the first-class game.
During this period Buchanan was clearly the best amateur bowler in the game,[8] and after W. G. Grace’s incomparable batting was the most important factor behind the Gentlemen's dominance of the Players.
1875, however, saw Buchanan bowl so poorly in the annual matches against Oxford and Cambridge that he was omitted from the Gentlemen's eleven – never to be selected again even when he recovered form somewhat in the corresponding games of 1876.
[10] However, from 1877 onwards Buchanan, as a resident in Rugby, played a critical role in the establishment of a Warwickshire County Club,[2] which was officially founded in its present form for the 1882 season.
[2] By this time Warwickshire was well on the way to achieving the status of a first-class team with players like Henry Pallett, the Quaife brothers, Dick Lilley and Ludford Docker.