[UNDER-1 4 b, 10 b.]
1. Printing. (See quot. 1888.)
1882. Southward, Pract. Printing (1884), 249. Underrunners … are very unsightly and should be avoided.
1888. Jacobi, Printers’ Vocab., Under runners, continuation of side-notes run under the foot of the page in a similar manner to a footnote.
2. Cricket. A batsman who makes too few runs for his hits.
1903. Windsor Mag., Sept., 394/1. Marshall, a confirmed under-runner at the best, was so nervous … that he crawled between the wickets.
