Has an AFL game ever ended 74-52?
It has. 74-52 has been a AFL final 4 times in 16,622 games. The first was Sydney beat Geelong on August 14, 1915; the latest was North Melbourne beat Richmond on May 21, 1955.
That makes 74-52 the 947th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 75-52 has happened 1 times and 74-53 has happened 3 times. At one point the score disappeared for 32 years, between 1915 and 1947.