Has an AFL game ever ended 55-42?
It has. 55-42 has been a AFL final 4 times in 16,622 games. The first was Melbourne beat Fitzroy on June 12, 1909; the latest was Port Adelaide beat Footscray on August 3, 2020.
That makes 55-42 the 947th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 56-42 has happened never and 55-43 has happened 3 times. At one point the score disappeared for 56 years, between 1909 and 1965.
Every 55-42 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-08-03 | Port Adelaide over Footscray | 2020 | |
| 1967-05-27 | North Melbourne over Footscray | 1967 | |
| 1965-07-24 | Fitzroy over Footscray | 1965 | |
| 1909-06-12 | Melbourne over Fitzroy | 1909 |