Character:Derrick

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Derrick is a Slytherin who graduated from Hogwarts in 1994 or 1995. He played the position of Beater in the Slytherin Quidditch team in the school year of 1993 to 1994 and possibly also in the years before. According to Gryffindor Chaser Angelina Johnson, who likened him to a gorilla, he is extremely stupid and not a good flyer. The same applies to his partner Bole and their successors Crabbe and Goyle (OP19).

Derrick and Bole played during the Quidditch final of Slytherin versus Gryffindor in 1994, a particularly brutal match. After Gryffindor scored the first three goals, Derrick and Bole, their clubs raised, flew straight at Harry Potter, who darted straight upwards and let the two Beaters crash into each other with a sickening crunch. Commentator Lee Jordan, a Gryffindor, was delighted at this. After Katie Bell scored another goal, the Weasley twins protected her from the wrath of the Slytherin players. Derrick and Bole used the Gryffindor Beaters' preoccupation to shoot two Bludgers at Gryffindor Keeper Oliver Wood's stomach. Since the Keeper must not be attacked unless the Quaffle is in the scoring area, referee Madam Hooch shrieked at the two Beaters and awarded a penalty to Gryffindor (PA15).

Before the match of Gryffindor against Slytherin in 1995, the new Gryffindor captain Angelina Johnson told her team that Derrick and Bole had graduated and been replaced by Crabbe and Goyle. Angelina mocked Derrick and Bole for their stupidity and commented that she had often wondered how they managed to find the pitch without signposts (OP19).