subs. phr. and verb (cricket).—A team eighty runs behind the other in the first innings is obliged to FOLLOW ON; i.e., to take to the wickets a second time. A run more, and it SAVES THE FOLLOW ON.
1891. Pall Mall Gazette, 5 Aug. ‘Notts. v. Surrey.’ The game, with a possible prospect of the FOLLOW-ON, being saved.
