Has an AFL game ever ended 81-43?

It has. 81-43 has been a AFL final 3 times in 17,056 games. The first was Footscray beat Carlton on June 25, 1955; the latest was North Melbourne beat Hawthorn on August 23, 1997.

Where 81-43 sits among nearby AFL scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 81-43 the 1600th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 82-43 has happened never and 81-44 has happened never. At one point the score disappeared for 42 years, between 1955 and 1997.

Every 81-43 in AFL history

Date	Result	Season
1997-08-23	North Melbourne over Hawthorn	1997
1955-06-25	Hawthorn over St Kilda	1955
1955-06-25	Footscray over Carlton	1955

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