Has an AFL game ever ended 42-33?
It has. 42-33 has been a AFL final 3 times in 16,622 games. The first was Melbourne beat Essendon on July 13, 1901; the latest was Footscray beat Richmond on July 8, 1961.
That makes 42-33 the 1534th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 43-33 has happened 1 times and 42-34 has happened 1 times. At one point the score disappeared for 57 years, between 1904 and 1961.