Has an AFL game ever ended 61-57?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 61-57 5 times. It first happened on June 6, 1925, when North Melbourne beat Hawthorn, and most recently on June 12, 2005, when Geelong beat Adelaide.
That makes 61-57 the 589th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 62-57 has happened 3 times and 61-58 has happened 6 times. At one point the score disappeared for 43 years, between 1925 and 1968.
Every 61-57 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-06-12 | Geelong over Adelaide | 2005 | |
| 1974-08-24 | Footscray over St Kilda | 1974 | |
| 1968-05-25 | Sydney over North Melbourne | 1968 | |
| 1925-06-27 | Essendon over Fitzroy | 1925 | |
| 1925-06-06 | North Melbourne over Hawthorn | 1925 |