Has an AFL game ever ended 59-47?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 59-47 2 times. It first happened on July 13, 1907, when Sydney beat Essendon, and most recently on September 8, 2020, when Adelaide beat GWS.
That makes 59-47 the 2421st most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 60-47 has happened 2 times and 59-48 has happened 4 times. At one point the score disappeared for 113 years, between 1907 and 2020.