Has an AFL game ever ended 52-47?
It has. 52-47 has been a AFL final 3 times in 16,622 games. The first was Geelong beat Fitzroy on July 28, 1923; the latest was Fitzroy beat Melbourne on August 19, 1950.
That makes 52-47 the 1534th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 53-47 has happened 2 times and 52-48 has happened 3 times.