Full name: Tobias Mortimer Moll
Born: Woodstock, Cape Town, 20 July 1890
Deceased: On the Western Front on 14 or 15 July 1916. He died of wounds received when a 2nd lieutenant in the Leicestershire Regiment.
Clubs: SA College, Hamiltons, Randfontein
Provinces: Western Province, Transvaal
International career: 1910: 1 test
CH Haig wrote to tell Toby Moll’s father, who was already dead, of the death of his son in action. His father was T.E. (Tobias Elias) Moll of Belgrave, Kimberley, manager of the Imperial Cold Storage Company. His mother was living with his sister (Helena Sophia Mellish) at Welbeloond, Potsdam. His father was born in Amsterdam but came to South Africa when “of tender years”. One of his mother’s sisters, Sarah Ellen Holdway, married CH Mortimer, hence Toby’s second name. A week before his father died his sister had also died. Their mother lost a husband and two children in a matter of two weeks.
His brother Henry also played for Western Province. Toby Moll played at forward in the second test against the 1910 tourists. He was playing for Transvaal at the time.