When Diggory saw what had happened to Harry, he gave Oliver the offer of a second game but even he had to admit that Hufflepuff had won fairly. His overriding ambition was to win the Quidditch cup before he graduated, a dream which he finally achieved in 1994. Biggerstaff originally planned to audition using an English accent, but was encouraged by Chris Columbus to read the lines in his own Glaswegian dialect; thus Oliver Wood became Scottish in the films.

But Wood turned out to be a person, a burly fifth-year boy who came out of Flitwick's class looking confused. Sue Hendra graduated from the University of Brighton in 1994 and has been an illustrator of children's books since then. As such, Oliver is driving the team hard, with new tactics, quidditch practices three times a week, and innumerable strategy sessions. He saw Colin Creevey during training taking photographs in the stands and panicked because he thought that Colin was a Slytherin spy. Owing to his quiet desperation, Oliver continued to hurry up to Harry Potter in between classes and give him tips on how to win the match for Gryffindor.Wood remarked that Professor McGonagall got a bit “ shirty” with him when he continued to badger her about the completion of the testing process. When Harry regains consciousness, he is in the Hospital Wing; with the exception of Oliver, the entire Quidditch team is present. As related by Oliver, the game plan was for Harry Potter to keep out of sight until he saw the snitch. Oliver woke Harry Potter several hours earlier than he would have liked for quidditch practice on a Saturday morning.

A proud Gryffindor she's not afraid to share her opinion while giving you the best information on the Wizarding Worlds lore, merch, and characters!If he hadn’t attended Hogwarts and I met him as an adult I would have assumed he had been home-schooled. However, Oliver knew they still had a chance to win the Cup if they won their remaining matches and other results went their way.

We don't hear Harry's reaction, but believe that Harry is unsurprised by Oliver's priorities, though almost certainly preferring McGonagall's. He was most likely alerted to the Battle of Hogwarts by former members of his Quidditch team who were members of Dumbledore's Army. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. He was decent as a captain, so he had some good leadership skills (or at least understood that being a captain meant giving pep talks and working for the team hard). It was at the World Cup that he saw Harry and introduced him to his parents and told Harry of his new career.World Exclusive Interview with J K Rowling," South West News Service, 8 July 2000 - "Hogwarts just serves Britain and Ireland. Gryffindor beat Ravenclaw, and other results went their way, meaning that, in the final game of the season against Slytherin, if they could win by two hundred points, they would win the Cup. Oliver races off to show his friends, but in the day-time the wood is full of strange creatures he doesn’t know. McGonagall claimed that it was a move that even Charlie Weasley couldn't have pulled off, convincing Oliver that Harry was indeed something special.