Keepers, Beaters, Chasers, Seeker!

Quidditch Through the Ages - Kennilworthy Whisp
 ©2001 JK Rowliing

The Brotherly Love Cup is scheduled for October 18 during Chestnut Hill's Harry Potter Festival.  And who can relate to trying to watch a game when you don't know the rules?  Is it okay to yell at the referees??

While this guide to the history and rules of the game doesn't answer the ref question, it does contain helpful tips for watching the game with a level of understanding that will have others asking you for your expertise and opinion!

"Rules are of course, 'made to be broken.'" Seven hundred Quidditch fouls are listed in the Department of Magical Games and Sports records, and all of them are known to have occurred during the final of the first ever World Cup in 1473." (p.28)

The book's author concluded that "no public good" can come of publishing the entire list of possible fouls, and notes that the vast majority cannot be committed without use of a wand.  As long as wands are banned from the game, this chart of Ten Common Fouls will suffice in helping spectators understand the game:

Ten Common Fouls
p.29-30

The book also describes each of the positions and common moves, in addition to an overview of the history of the game.  Ask for it on reserve at Logue Library.