 Cheasty retired from inter-county hurling in 1967 after breaking his finger in a provincial defeat of All-Ireland champions Cork.Cheasty also had the honour of lining out for Munster in the inter-provincial series of games.In 1958 he was first called into action with the province, and subsequently won a Railway Cup medal following a 3–7 to 3–5 defeat of Leinster.