Has an AFL game ever ended 52-40?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 52-40 6 times. It first happened on May 28, 1904, when Sydney beat Geelong, and most recently on July 3, 1965, when Footscray beat North Melbourne.
That makes 52-40 the 374th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 53-40 has happened never and 52-41 has happened never. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 1890 and 1919. At one point the score disappeared for 50 years, between 1915 and 1965.
Every 52-40 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965-07-03 | Footscray over North Melbourne | 1965 | |
| 1915-05-22 | Essendon over St Kilda | 1915 | |
| 1913-06-09 | Richmond over Melbourne | 1913 | |
| 1911-06-24 | Carlton over Essendon | 1911 | |
| 1907-06-22 | Melbourne over Sydney | 1907 | |
| 1904-05-28 | Sydney over Geelong | 1904 |
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