View
comments
Essex are facing more questions about their handling of historic racism allegations after an extraordinary claim that the club changed a press release announcing the resignation of chairman John Faragher without his consent.
Faragher agreed to quit at a board meeting last November after Essex were threatened with financial penalties by the ECB if they stood by him. Now it can be revealed that the terms of his departure were altered without his agreement.
In a club statement released on November 12 last year, Essex said: 'John Faragher has resigned with immediate effect as chair of Essex County Cricket Club following a historic allegation of racist language used by him at a board meeting in 2017.'
Former Essex chairman John Faragher (above, right) claimed the club changed a press release about his resignation without his consent, saying the terms of his departure were
