Extra: Regarding Wilda Griffiths

The disappearance of Wilda Griffiths was reported in a Daily Prophet published by Bloomsbury.

This newspaper consisted of four issues, each three pages long. Rowling wrote them by hand in 1998–1999, and many of the names in them appeared even earlier than in the original books—for example, Gwenog Jones, who did not appear until the sixth book as Slughorn's favorite student.

In the fourth issue of the Daily Prophet (10 January 1999), Wilda Griffiths had originally been the star player of the Holyhead Harpies, but she switched to Puddlemere United for an unprecedented transfer fee of 1,000 Galleons. As a result, she received death threats before the match from Gwenog and a large number of fans who had turned against her.

Before the match, the Ministry of Magic had already sensed that something might happen and confiscated the wands of spectators at the entrance. However, many spectators had prepared second wands in advance and still managed to smuggle them into the stadium.

Midway through the match, Wilda mysteriously disappeared. The fans on both sides then clashed, and a full-scale brawl broke out.

One interviewed Puddlemere supporter, Timothy Blenkinsop, was struck by a spell and grew a tail.

A Holyhead supporter, Matilda Duclos, loudly protested, claiming that Wilda had used illegal invisibility magic during the match.

The result of the match was that Puddlemere's Seeker, Benjy Williams, caught the Golden Snitch, securing victory for Puddlemere. He and the other players were escorted away by the Ministry's elite Hit Wizards on the grounds of personal safety concerns.

Gwenog was detained on the grounds that she was assisting the Ministry of Magic with its investigation.

The post-match league standings were: Puddlemere in second place and Holyhead in ninth place. There were thirteen teams in the league in total, with three matches still remaining.

It is worth noting that the Harry Potter Wiki, a website similar to Wikipedia, places this incident in 1999, but that is actually incorrect. Although this newspaper was published in the Muggle world in 1999, its contents correspond to a timeline between 1992 and 1994. The strongest evidence is that the Minister for Magic interviewed in it was Fudge, not Scrimgeour. There are other details as well, but they will not be listed one by one.

P.S. The Holyhead Harpies were the only all-female team among the league's thirteen teams. Ginny later joined them after graduating.

P.S. Puddlemere United was the oldest team in existence and had won the championship the third-highest number of times in history. After graduating, Oliver Wood, Harry's captain during his first year, became one of its reserve players.