Quiddich Cup Winners?

[abigailnus]

No: HPFGUIDX 37102

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "grey_wolf_c" <greywolf1 at j...> wrote:
> 
> Anyway, I was wondering: are we ever told what house(s) win(s) the 
> first two quiddich cups Harry plays (PS & CoS)? I'd imagine that 
> they're not won by Slytherin (since Snape would have said something in 
> PoA about having won 9 consecutive times), but I'm not sure about it. 
> Views on the topic? Canon I'm missing?

Well, it's nearly 1 AM (and soon to be 2 AM as we're switching to 
daylight savings time tonight) so I'm not going to pull out my copies 
of PS and CoS, but I seem to remember that when Harry wakes up 
in the infirmary after facing Quirrel in PS, he discovers from his 
friends that Slytherin flattened Ravenclaw in their match and have 
therefore won the Quidditch cup.  In CoS, of course, the tournament 
is cancelled due to the attacks and the imminent closure of the 
school.  So Slytherin have had 8 wins, and technically their streak 
is over since nobody wins in CoS.  

And by the way, the fact that Slytherin keep beating Gryffindor to 
the cup is mentioned as a sore point in the first three books, 
although it bothers Harry regardless of whether Snape mentions it.  
I also believe (but I'm much less certain about this) that when 
McGonagall gives Harry back his Firebolt in PoA, she tells him to try 
to win, because Snape will be truly unbearable if they lose the cup 
again, altough I may be confusing PoA and PS.
> 
> On the same trend, who do you think is the student Wood uses to 
> substitute Harry when he's unable to play (broken arms, facing 
> Voldemort, etc.)?

It's clearly stated that there is no reserve Seeker in PS (Harry says 
so when Ron and Hermione are trying to convince him not to play 
in the second game of the season after discovering that Snape is 
going to referee) but the concept of a reserve player is not unknown 
as Lee Jordan mentions, while commentating on one of the games 
in PS, that one of the Chasers on the team (Alicia Spinnet?) was only 
a reserve in the previous year.  I guess the skills for a seeker are so 
rare that finding one good one every few years is all you can expect.
> 
> Grey Wolf, who feels strange at not finding a way of including "Hope 
> that helps" in the message appart from this one.

Well, I'll say it then - hope that helps.

Happy belated Passover, y'all,
Abigail