Has an AFL game ever ended 65-52?

It has. 65-52 has been a AFL final 6 times in 17,056 games. The first was Sydney beat Essendon on July 20, 1912; the latest was Sydney beat Essendon on May 9, 1959.

Where 65-52 sits among nearby AFL scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 65-52 the 374th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 66-52 has happened 1 times and 65-53 has happened 3 times. At one point the score disappeared for 30 years, between 1925 and 1955.

Every 65-52 in AFL history

Date	Result	Season
1959-05-09	Sydney over Essendon	1959
1955-06-25	Geelong over Essendon	1955
1925-08-08	Collingwood over Melbourne	1925
1921-10-01	Carlton over Collingwood	1921	Playoff
1917-06-23	Geelong over Fitzroy	1917
1912-07-20	Sydney over Essendon	1912

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