Has an AFL game ever ended 59-51?
It has. 59-51 has been a AFL final 4 times in 17,053 games. The first was Geelong beat Melbourne on May 25, 1907; the latest was Brisbane Lions beat Footscray on May 7, 1989.
That makes 59-51 the 1005th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 60-51 has happened 2 times and 59-52 has happened never. At one point the score disappeared for 40 years, between 1949 and 1989.
Every 59-51 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989-05-07 | Brisbane Lions over Footscray | 1989 | |
| 1949-05-07 | Sydney over Melbourne | 1949 | |
| 1939-08-19 | Collingwood over Hawthorn | 1939 | |
| 1907-05-25 | Geelong over Melbourne | 1907 |