The trouble with Quidditch

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 168919

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Ken Hutchinson" <klhutch at ...> 
wrote:

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> Krum's decision to catch the snitch when Bulgaria was only 160 
> points down makes no sense under the scoring rules. Maybe it wasn't 
> likely they would gain back enough ground to win with the snitch 
> but it was sure worth waiting a while to be sure of that.


zanooda: 

Don't forget that it was Lynch who saw the Snitch first, not Krum. 
Krum didn't see it, because his nose was broken and he was bleeding 
heavily. Even if his intention was to wait a little longer, in this 
state he probably was unable to stop Lynch from catching the Snitch, 
so he just had no choice but to catch it himself. If Lynch caught the 
Snitch, the final score would have been 320 to 10. Wouldn't look so 
good for the Bulgarians, would it :-)?