Has an AFL game ever ended 38-30?
It has. 38-30 has been a AFL final 2 times in 16,622 games. The first was Fitzroy beat Melbourne on June 3, 1905; the latest was Essendon beat Fitzroy on July 28, 1906.
That makes 38-30 the 2421st most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 39-30 has happened 1 times and 38-31 has happened never.