Has an AFL game ever ended 59-54?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 59-54 6 times. It first happened on July 13, 1907, when Geelong beat St Kilda, and most recently on April 22, 1961, when Carlton beat Fitzroy.
That makes 59-54 the 342nd most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 60-54 has happened 5 times and 59-55 has happened 3 times. At one point the score disappeared for 31 years, between 1927 and 1958.