Has an AFL game ever ended 55-50?

Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 55-50 7 times. It first happened on June 9, 1917, when Fitzroy beat Sydney, and most recently on June 17, 1989, when Sydney beat Essendon.

Where 55-50 sits among nearby AFL scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 55-50 the 223rd most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 56-50 has happened 2 times and 55-51 has happened 4 times. At one point the score disappeared for 37 years, between 1923 and 1960.

Every 55-50 in AFL history

Date	Result	Season
1989-06-17	Sydney over Essendon	1989
1960-05-28	Fitzroy over Essendon	1960
1923-05-05	Richmond over Melbourne	1923
1920-05-08	Collingwood over Geelong	1920
1918-06-29	Sydney over Geelong	1918
1917-08-11	Sydney over Carlton	1917
1917-06-09	Fitzroy over Sydney	1917

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