title: Edward Tootell
text: # Edward Tootell
  
  Edward Tootell (22 November 1849 – 20 March 1878) was an English surgeon and amateur cricketer. He was born at Thurnham near Maidstone in Kent in 1849, the son of Joseph Tootell, a land agent and auctioneer.
  
  Tootell played in three first-class cricket matches for Kent County Cricket Club in 1872. He is known to have played for The Mote and the Gentlemen of Kent in non-first-class matches between 1867 and 1870.
  
  Professionally Tootell became a surgeon and served with the British Army in India. He died after contracting typhoid at Mitri in Sind province in March 1878 aged 28.
  
  