One of those was against the touring South African team and he took the only wicket of his career when he dismissed all-rounder Quintin McMillan.
"An ambidextrous bowler", "equally proficient with either arm",[7] he was still playing top-level competition cricket in the 1953/54 season, at the age of 43.
[8][9] Cahill, a half back, won the Tasman Shields Trophy while at Northern Tasmanian Football Association club Launceston twice: in 1933 and 1936.
Having finally fulfilled his "residential qualification",[10] Cahill was cleared from Tasmania to Essendon on 23 June 1937.
[11] He made his debut against Carlton, at Windy Hill, on 26 June 1937,[12][13] and The Argus reported that "The form of Cahill, the Tasmanian, was most pleasing.