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Cricket is a Muggle bat-and-ball sport played between two teams consisting of eleven players each.[1] The sport never found favour in the wizarding world, unlike rugby, which gained magical fans after Angus Buchanan, a Squib, began playing for the Scottish rugby team.[2]
The chief sports writer of the Daily Prophet, writing in 1902, dismissively described the game thus: "A Beater who is unable to fly defends three sticks instead of a hoop, while a Snitch without wings is thrown at the sticks. That's it. Sometimes for several days."[2]
In addition to rugby, Angus Buchanan enjoyed cricket, and was said to be a "natural" at it. The skills that made him excel at the sport were developed by helping his magical siblings catch Golden Snitches in the back garden of his family's home as a child.[2]
The England national cricket team won a match on 1972 Christmas Day. This was used as the subject of a joke by Kevin Farrell's father, who remarked the win was so that they could eat turkeys for dinner.[3]
Appearances[]
- Pottermore (First mentioned)
- Harry Potter (website) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter: Magic Awakened (Mentioned only)
Notes and references[]
- ↑
Cricket on Wikipedia
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Scottish Rugby" at Harry Potter (website)
- ↑ Harry Potter: Magic Awakened - Kevin's Christmas story (see this image and this image)
