Quidditch Captain (was Re: Will Ginny be a prefect?)

[John Kearns]

No: HPFGUIDX 131608

> > Melissa:
> > Actually Katie Bell is the longest serving player on the team. 
> > She was already there when Harry joined in his first year. 
> > Oliver Wood left after Harry's 3rd year. Fred, George, Angelina 
> > and Alicia are left (or were leaving) at the end of Harry's 5th 
> > year.  Leaving Katie Bell as the Senior player left from Harry's 
> > 1st year.  For that reason alone I think that Katie will get it.
> 
> JLV:
> Hmm - Katie is only a year older than Harry. That means she must 
> either have joined at the same time as Harry or she played in her 
> first year. Neither of which seem to be the case... but I still 
> can't  find my copy of PS. Can someone confirm what the situation 
> is there?  Yet, consulting OotP, Ginny does only mention Angelina 
> and Alicia leaving (I had thought the three girls were in the same 
> year for some strange reason - hence my comment). I hope you can 
> see how I got confused!

John K now:
Katie is only mentioned in passing in books 1 and 2.  We hear from 
Lee Jordan that Alicia was only a reserve the previous year, but 
nothing about Katie.  I think, as JLV has said, it must be true that 
Katie joined the team the same time as Harry, and we just don't hear 
about it because from Harry's perspective it doesn't matter - the 
whole team is new to him anyway.  

So... Katie is the most senior member by age but not tenure, unless 
you include the fact that Harry only played a third of a season last 
year.  If Harry's season out counts against him (and I can see 
McGonagall doing something like that, especially if she doesn't want 
him as a distracted captain anyway), then the next most longest 
tenured players after Katie are Ron and Ginny.  It's a very real 
possibility that any of the four could be captain.

Poor Katie... what's she going to do with Angelina and Alicia gone? 
:(

John K