Has an AFL game ever ended 72-43?

It has. 72-43 has been a AFL final 4 times in 17,056 games. The first was Collingwood beat Essendon on June 17, 1905; the latest was Sydney beat Footscray on June 20, 1953.

Where 72-43 sits among nearby AFL scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 72-43 the 1005th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 73-43 has happened 1 times and 72-44 has happened 3 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 1890 and 1919. At one point the score disappeared for 41 years, between 1912 and 1953.

Every 72-43 in AFL history

Date	Result	Season
1953-06-20	Sydney over Footscray	1953
1912-08-03	Essendon over Richmond	1912
1909-06-07	Carlton over Richmond	1909
1905-06-17	Collingwood over Essendon	1905

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