correction

[Back In The Saddle]

It sounds as if there is a general opinion that the only thing that constitutes a bookeeping error is when the guy running the pencil writes the wrong thing. I disagree.

The book is written record of the relevant events of the game (points, fouls, etc.). The entire crew is responsible for keeping it correctly. The officials are responsible for gathering and communicating the information. The scorekeepers are responsible for recording it. A breakdown in any part of that system may result in a bookeeping error.

In this situation, there was neither an error in judgement nor a misapplied rule. Those would be mistakes by the official. There was a mistake in recording who commited the foul. That is a bookeeping error.

It mattereth not whether the scorekeeper mis-recorded correct information or correctly recorded mis-information. It's still a bookeeping error. Fix it if you are able to.