Has an AFL game ever ended 52-49?
It has. 52-49 has been a AFL final 3 times in 17,056 games. The first was Geelong beat Essendon on May 25, 1912; the latest was Melbourne beat St Kilda on August 29, 2020.
That makes 52-49 the 1600th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 53-49 has happened 2 times and 52-50 has happened 2 times. At one point the score disappeared for 55 years, between 1912 and 1967.
Every 52-49 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-08-29 | Melbourne over St Kilda | 2020 | |
| 1967-08-05 | Carlton over Melbourne | 1967 | |
| 1912-05-25 | Geelong over Essendon | 1912 |
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