Keyran William Jack Cahill (3 December 1911 – 7 March 1966) was a sportsman who played
Australian rules football for
Essendon Essendon may refer to:
Australia
*Electoral district of Essendon
*Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington
* Essendon, Victoria
**Essendon railway station
**Essendon Airport
* Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League
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in the
Victorian Football League
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(VFL) during the 1930s and represented
Tasmania
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first-class cricket
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Cahill, a half back, won two Tasman Shields Trophies while at
Northern Tasmanian Football Association club
Launceston, in 1933 and 1936. He struggled in his two seasons at Essendon due to a shoulder injury and returned to Launceston in 1939 where he was appointed captain-coach.
He had earlier made four first-class appearances with Tasmania in the 1931–32 season. 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.
See also
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List of Tasmanian representative cricketers
This is a list of cricket players who have played representative cricket for Tasmania in Australia.
It includes players that have played at least one match, in senior first-class, List A cricket, or Twenty20 matches. Practice matches are not i ...
References
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CricketArchive: William Cahill*Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers''. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
1911 births
1966 deaths
Essendon Football Club players
Launceston Football Club players
Launceston Football Club coaches
Australian cricketers
Tasmania cricketers
Australian rules footballers from Hobart
Cricketers from Hobart
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