[9] He transferred to Hutt, another club in the Wellington Cricket Association, before the 1939–40 season, and took 7 for 21 in his first match, bowling with "good length and plenty of life".
[13] Hutt won the championship again in 1943–44, Buchan taking 48 wickets at 9.62, including a hat trick in the last match.
[14] Buchan made his first-class debut in 1943–44 at the age of 35, taking four wickets in two matches for Wellington.
[16] He replaced Don Beard, who had not fully recovered from burns he had received while fighting a fire, in Wellington's team for the Plunket Shield match against Otago that began two days later.
All four of his victims – Lindsay Hassett, Keith Miller, Colin McCool and Bruce Dooland – were bowled.