Has an AFL game ever ended 55-43?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 55-43 3 times. It first happened on July 27, 1918, when Sydney beat Carlton, and most recently on July 20, 1963, when Geelong beat Collingwood.
That makes 55-43 the 1534th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 56-43 has happened 4 times and 55-44 has happened 1 times. At one point the score disappeared for 40 years, between 1923 and 1963.