Time line Question

[catherine at cator-manor.demon.co.uk]

No: HPFGUIDX 23252

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Demelza" <muggle-reader at a...> wrote:
> However, I don't believe it would be outlandish to think that 
> Charlie's last year coincided with Percy's second year. According 
to 
> Oliver Wood, Charlie was good enough to play for England if 
he "didn't 
> go chasing dragons".  I think Charlie Weasley won the House 
Quidditch 
> Cup in his 6th year. During his 7th year, I think he sat out in 
order 
> to concentrate more on his dragon studies. Of course, until it's 
> written in the canon, we can only speculate.
> 
> Demelza

This makes sense to me.  Without getting into the timeline thing, the 
comment about students not playing for the house team in their final 
year does seem reasonable, considering they have the dreaded 
N.E.W.T.s to contend with.  People such as Oliver Wood do not count 
as they intend to make a career of quidditch, and therefore would 
want the kudos of captaining the winning team in their final year.

Catherine