Has an AFL game ever ended 56-49?
It has. 56-49 has been a AFL final 4 times in 17,056 games. The first was Melbourne beat St Kilda on August 20, 1921; the latest was St Kilda beat Essendon on June 13, 1966.
That makes 56-49 the 1005th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 57-49 has happened 2 times and 56-50 has happened 2 times. At one point the score disappeared for 35 years, between 1927 and 1962.
Every 56-49 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966-06-13 | St Kilda over Essendon | 1966 | |
| 1962-04-28 | Melbourne over Geelong | 1962 | |
| 1927-06-04 | Collingwood over Essendon | 1927 | |
| 1921-08-20 | Melbourne over St Kilda | 1921 |
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