Has an AFL game ever ended 53-44?
It has. 53-44 has been a AFL final 4 times in 17,056 games. The first was Sydney beat Fitzroy on May 2, 1908; the latest was Richmond beat Gold Coast on July 13, 2013.
That makes 53-44 the 1005th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 54-44 has happened 3 times and 53-45 has happened 3 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 1890 and 1919. At one point the score disappeared for 96 years, between 1917 and 2013.
Every 53-44 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-07-13 | Richmond over Gold Coast | 2013 | |
| 1917-09-01 | Fitzroy over Carlton | 1917 | Playoff |
| 1909-05-01 | Sydney over Geelong | 1909 | |
| 1908-05-02 | Sydney over Fitzroy | 1908 |
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