Referees refusing to change score

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Originally Posted by Tristan Lall

To the extent that past practice is a guide (because this isn't specified in the manual, and I haven't reviewed scorekeeper training materials in several years), scorekeepers can change the score to correct an error on their part, or because the head referee asks them to. Either way, they'll do it in consultation with the head referee and announcer to make sure everyone knows what's going on.

Exactly this. I was a score keeper this weekend, and the head ref would tell me to hold a score after the match if one of his referees told him over the radio that there was an error. We would then talk and I would make the appropriate changes. It happened a number of times, and went quite smoothly. If you want a score changed, you need to convince the head ref that an error was made, because once you do, he can update the score however he sees fit.