Has an AFL game ever ended 56-54?
It has. 56-54 has been a AFL final 4 times in 17,053 games. The first was Geelong beat Melbourne on June 17, 1905; the latest was North Melbourne beat St Kilda on March 22, 2020.
That makes 56-54 the 1005th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 57-54 has happened 2 times and 56-55 has happened 3 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 1890 and 1919. At one point the score disappeared for 105 years, between 1915 and 2020.
Every 56-54 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-03-22 | North Melbourne over St Kilda | 2020 | |
| 1915-05-01 | Geelong over St Kilda | 1915 | |
| 1913-08-30 | Sydney over Collingwood | 1913 | |
| 1905-06-17 | Geelong over Melbourne | 1905 |