Has an AFL game ever ended 50-42?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 50-42 3 times. It first happened on August 3, 1907, when Sydney beat Geelong, and most recently on July 6, 1918, when St Kilda beat Essendon.
That makes 50-42 the 1599th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 51-42 has happened 1 times and 50-43 has happened 2 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 1890 and 1919.