'''Josiah Plunkett''' was a [[Quidditch]] referee.<ref name="wizardsp">"[http://www.hplex.info/wizards/a-z/p.html Wizards, Witches and Beings: P]" on the Harry Potter Lexicon</ref> He oversaw the match between the [[Appleby Arrows]] and the [[Pride of Portree]] during which [[Dougal McBride]], the [[Seeker]] for the Pride of Portree, [[transfiguration|turned]] the head of the Arrows Seeker, [[Gregory Cotton]], into a [[cabbage]].<ref name="wizardsp" /><ref name="wizardsm">"[http://www.hplex.info/wizards/a-z/m.html Wizards, Witches and Beings: M]" on the Harry Potter Lexicon</ref><ref name="wizardsc">"[http://www.hplex.info/wizards/a-z/c.html Wizards, Witches and Beings: C]" on the Harry Potter Lexicon</ref> McBride defended his actions to Plunkett by claiming that Cotton had hit him with a [[Jelly-Fingers Curse]] while they were both racing for the [[Golden Snitch|Snitch]] and thus deserved to be "cabbaged."<ref name="wizardsp" /><ref name="wizardsm" />