Has an AFL game ever ended 61-56?
It has. 61-56 has been a AFL final 5 times in 16,622 games. The first was St Kilda beat Melbourne on May 24, 1913; the latest was Collingwood beat North Melbourne on April 5, 1980.
That makes 61-56 the 589th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 62-56 has happened 2 times and 61-57 has happened 5 times. At one point the score disappeared for 33 years, between 1947 and 1980.
Every 61-56 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980-04-05 | Collingwood over North Melbourne | 1980 | |
| 1947-08-09 | Melbourne over Collingwood | 1947 | |
| 1946-07-20 | Collingwood over Fitzroy | 1946 | |
| 1923-05-26 | St Kilda over Richmond | 1923 | |
| 1913-05-24 | St Kilda over Melbourne | 1913 |