[HPforGrownups] Foul in GF...

[Cait Hunter]

No: HPFGUIDX 18655




>From: "Doreen Rich" <nera at rconnect.com>
>Reply-To: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com
>To: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [HPforGrownups] (unknown)
>Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 20:45:05 -0000
>
>I am not a sports fan, by any means. I read this part of GF and I am
>totally confused.
>
>Shouldn't Slytherin get the penalty? Isn't Malfoy the one who
>committed the foul? It is a foul to grab another player's broomstick.
>
>At the end, it says the Slytherins are delighted with Malfoy's foul
>on Harry... if this is the case, why did Gryffindor take the penalty?
>
>Here is the quote from GF:
>
>"Harry put on a huge burst of speed; the wind was roaring in
>his ears; he stretched out his hand, but suddenly, the Firebolt
>was slowing down --
>
>     Horrified, he looked around. Malfoy had thrown himself forward,
>grabbed hold of the Firebolt's tail, and was pulling it back.
>
>     "You --"
>
>     Harry was angry enough to hit Malfoy, but couldn't reach --
>Malfoy was panting with the effort of holding onto the Firebolt,
>but his eyes were sparkling maliciously. He had achieved what he'd
>wanted to do -- the Snitch had disappeared again.
>
>     "Penalty! Penalty to Gryffindor! I've never seen such
>tactics." Madam Hooch screeched, shooting up to where Malfoy was
>sliding back onto his Nimbus Two Thousand and One.
<rest of quote snipped for brevity>

I think this is just sports weirdness- a foul is 'to' the team it is 
committed against. This is seen in at least one other Quiddich match and I 
seem to remember hearing it when listening to a soccer game being announced 
on the radio.

Cait and Corgis, who listen to NPR too much.

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