scorekeeper:
(plural: ‘scorekeepers‘; for the right pronunciation of this word, please click here)
(a baseball scoreboard)
a scorekeeper/scorer at a scoreboard
a person/an employee who keeps track of and marks/records the points gained or got by competitors or players in a competition or game/match;
a scorer (for see below),
James Donald is the best known scorekeeper in the history of basketball game; he’s never made a mistakes in keeping the score board in his 15 long years in service.
Scorekeepers must know the signs and signals of the the judges, referees or umpires who actually award a point, depending on the event they are keeping score for, when a point or no point is announced; otherwise, there will be a lot of confusing and the scorekeepers are fined for their mistakes.
There are several institutions that train interested candidates to be scorekeepers, but there are some self-learned ace scorekeepers who are sought after for their flawless score keeping by even organisers.
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On the other hand, a…
scorer:
(also called: ‘feller‘, ‘faller‘, or ‘logger‘; plural: ‘scorers‘; for the right pronunciation of this word, please click here)
a tapper/scorer making cuts on a rubber tree to tap rubber
a worker who officially marks the tree in a forest that are to be felled/cut down by the lumberjacks;
a player who makes goals in a football/soccer match; who makes more runs in a cricket match, etc.,
a football/soccer scorer scoring a goal
