Book Error - Personal Foul Not Attributed to a Player

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by Ref Ump Welsch

Then you would have a problem that the book would not balance out. When I kept score for the girls team back when I was the boys coach at a small school, that's how I made sure I wasn't missing any fouls.

But if you know why it doesn't balance, that's as good as balancing the book.

I agree with Nevada -- get the part you know (the team has a foul) and admonish the scorekeeper to get clarification right away next time.