Has an AFL game ever ended 57-49?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 57-49 2 times. It first happened on July 8, 1911, when Essendon beat Melbourne, and most recently on June 1, 1963, when Carlton beat Footscray.
That makes 57-49 the 2421st most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 58-49 has happened 3 times and 57-50 has happened 3 times. At one point the score disappeared for 52 years, between 1911 and 1963.