Has an AFL game ever ended 51-40?
It has. 51-40 has been a AFL final 3 times in 16,622 games. The first was Collingwood beat Melbourne on September 3, 1904; the latest was Carlton beat North Melbourne on June 17, 1989.
That makes 51-40 the 1534th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 52-40 has happened 6 times and 51-41 has happened never. At one point the score disappeared for 80 years, between 1909 and 1989.
Every 51-40 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989-06-17 | Carlton over North Melbourne | 1989 | |
| 1909-05-22 | Melbourne over St Kilda | 1909 | |
| 1904-09-03 | Collingwood over Melbourne | 1904 |