Has an AFL game ever ended 57-48?
It has. 57-48 has been a AFL final 3 times in 16,622 games. The first was Carlton beat Richmond on June 18, 1910; the latest was Richmond beat Footscray on July 16, 1955.
That makes 57-48 the 1534th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 58-48 has happened 1 times and 57-49 has happened 2 times. At one point the score disappeared for 42 years, between 1910 and 1952.