Has an AFL game ever ended 55-45?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 55-45 5 times. It first happened on June 1, 1901, when Collingwood beat Fitzroy, and most recently on July 30, 1994, when Brisbane Lions beat St Kilda.
That makes 55-45 the 589th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 56-45 has happened 3 times and 55-46 has happened 2 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 1890 and 1919. At one point the score disappeared for 89 years, between 1905 and 1994.
Every 55-45 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994-07-30 | Brisbane Lions over St Kilda | 1994 | |
| 1905-05-20 | Carlton over Sydney | 1905 | |
| 1903-08-03 | Geelong over Carlton | 1903 | |
| 1902-07-19 | Sydney over Geelong | 1902 | |
| 1901-06-01 | Collingwood over Fitzroy | 1901 |