Quidditch

[Nathaniel]

No: HPFGUIDX 191452



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff" <geoffbannister123 at ...> wrote:
> Finally, am I suffering from memory failure or not reading my PS properly, but surely 
> Harry did not miss a match in First Year?

Nathaniel:
Yes, he definitely did. After his encounter with Quirrel/Voldemort at the Mirror of Erised, he spends three days unconscious in the hospital wing. Gryffindor was "steamrollered by Ravenclaw" without him. (PS 17). 

It's unclear whether Wood tried to play the game as 6 players agsinst 7, or he hastily grabbed a replacement who just wasn't a good enough seeker. In either case, having a reserve who had practiced with the team would have come in handy.