Foul Snooker rule clarification

[peck]

We play div 7 and my team has a couple of snooker players who are playing their first season of pool. A situation arose where their player fouled and snookered my player. My player called a ‘total snooker’ and asked if he could move the white? The ref would not as the player had not made the correct call (our referee I should add) The player then admitted he could not remember what he needed to call in that situation.

Question - Should the ref be a stickler for the correct terminology even though the player could explain the rule but they could not remember the correct title for it?

[fbi]

According to refereeing guidelines, the ref should have allowed it, as he knew the player was correct. Simply not knowing the correct terminology shouldn't be a barrier to a correct ruling!

[peck]

May 17, 2019 13:49:26 GMT fbi said:

According to refereeing guidelines, the ref should have allowed it, as he knew the player was correct. Simply not knowing the correct terminology shouldn't be a barrier to a correct ruling!

Thanks, that makes sense.