Has an AFL game ever ended 56-45?

It has. 56-45 has been a AFL final 3 times in 17,056 games. The first was St Kilda beat Sydney on July 7, 1923; the latest was Melbourne beat Footscray on August 25, 1991.

Where 56-45 sits among nearby AFL scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 56-45 the 1600th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 57-45 has happened 2 times and 56-46 has happened 2 times. At one point the score disappeared for 36 years, between 1955 and 1991.

Every 56-45 in AFL history

Date	Result	Season
1991-08-25	Melbourne over Footscray	1991
1955-09-03	Melbourne over Collingwood	1955	Playoff
1923-07-07	St Kilda over Sydney	1923

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