”Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to a Special Christmas Quidditch Friendly. Today, we will have the mighty Chudley Cannons playing the great Puddlemere United.”

The crowd began cheering as the names of their teams were said, so Bagman gave them a moment.

”Now, please welcome Chudley Cannons! Here are the amazing beaters, Joey Jenkins and Albert Afafle. These players have played remarkably well this season. Next we have Raymond Restorn, Paul Raines and James Heller,” He said as orange blurs came onto the pitch. “We have two important members of the team next, the keeper and seeker. Michael Mason and Joey Jenkins!” Bagman said as the last Chudley Cannon players came out of the tunnel.
“A match could not be ready with only one team, so be prepared for Puddlemere United. We have the Chasers Joscelind Wadcock, Ian Capstick and Sam Tyler.” He said welcoming the blue robed team on the pitch. “Next we have the beaters, Dean Davids and Benjamin Holt. This seeker hasn’t played Chudley Cannons before, so please get ready for the amazing Irish international, Merwyn Moran. And now, arriving back on the Hogwarts pitch, it’s Oliver Wood!”

Everyone in the crowd cheered as Oliver flew onto the pitch in his blue robes. Even a few Slytherins did, which was surprising.

”Lets begin with the game, 3, 2, 1, and we’re off. The referee has released the balls and has thrown the quaffle out. Tyler gets the quaffle and throws it to Capstick, who loses it as a bludger flies past him.
Cannons in possession, Restorn with the quaffle, passes it to Raines, then to Heller. The Cannons are flying very well today; let’s see if they can score. Raines in possession, going for the shot but Wood saves it.
Quaffle is in Puddlemere’s possession, Capstick, Tyler, whack! That looked nasty; Joey Jenkins has just fired a bludger at Tyler’s nose. He’s bleeding; we’ll need a medic to look at that. But he doesn’t want to leave, he’s still playing. That kid’s got guts, now back to the game. The quaffle has sunk in the snow below; this will be a test for the teams. Capstick has gone in for a nose dive, but Raines uses his wand, is that allowed? He’s summoned the quaffle with his wand but the ref’ hasn’t said anything yet. Raines in possession, he takes a powerful shot, and it’s in!

Chudley Cannons get the first point; let’s see if Puddlemere can gain a point.
Wadcock is flying with the quaffle, dodges a bludger, nearly crashes into his team mate and takes a shot. The quaffle is in the air, but will it be stopped by Mason in time? Davids fires the bludger but it hits the quaffle, giving it a speed boost. I never have seen that in my past, but it’s allowed. So, Puddlemere get a point. The score is 10-10.”

Ron was no longer sat down, but stood up and trying to point at things which he believed could help the cannons. His hands were in the air when a bludger flew past them, almost skimming them.

”Sorry, Weasley!” The beater said.

”What an amazing shot, that brings the score to 50-50, this game is turning out to be great. Is that the snitch?” Ludo Bagman said looking in the distance. The roars and cheers of the crowd dissapeared as everyone tried looking for the snitch. Something gold was falling, but it didn’t look like the snitch. “What is that falling, Gudgeon has dived in for it, he catches it perfectly, but it’s not the snitch. It’s a gold watch, this cannot be possible.

Hold on a minute, what is Moran doing? He has just shot in the air, could he have seen the snitch?” A moment later, he came down with a tiny ball clutched in his hand, its wings flapping in his palm. “He has the snitch, Puddlemere have won, 200-50. That’s a great score for Hogwarts boy, Oliver Wood! He must be proud,” Bagman said.

The players slowly landed on to the ground and went in the changing room. Ron had been asking Harry if they could play with them so it was time to ask.