Quidditch

[Geoff]

No: HPFGUIDX 191453



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Nathaniel" <natti_shafer at ...> wrote:

Geoff:> > 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.

Geoff:
Ah, I missed that one; it only got about two lines of text in the book! Mark 
you, that was only Ron's estimation. I doubt very much that Wood, being 
as fanatical as he was, would even contemplate fielding only six - that's 
a recipe for disaster from the outset.