Has an AFL game ever ended 54-30?

It has. 54-30 has been a AFL final 3 times in 17,056 games. The first was Essendon beat Sydney on July 9, 1898; the latest was St Kilda beat Richmond on August 7, 1915.

Where 54-30 sits among nearby AFL scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 54-30 the 1600th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 55-30 has happened 3 times and 54-31 has happened 2 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 1890 and 1919.

Every 54-30 in AFL history

Date	Result	Season
1915-08-07	St Kilda over Richmond	1915
1901-08-17	Geelong over Sydney	1901
1898-07-09	Essendon over Sydney	1898

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