Has an AFL game ever ended 49-18?
It has. 49-18 has been a AFL final 2 times in 16,622 games. The first was Fitzroy beat St Kilda on May 15, 1915; the latest was Melbourne beat Sydney on June 19, 1971.
That makes 49-18 the 2421st most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 50-18 has happened never and 49-19 has happened never. At one point the score disappeared for 56 years, between 1915 and 1971.