Has an AFL game ever ended 81-56?
It has. 81-56 has been a AFL final 4 times in 17,056 games. The first was Carlton beat Sydney on August 20, 1921; the latest was St Kilda beat Hawthorn on May 16, 1970.
That makes 81-56 the 1005th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 82-56 has happened 6 times and 81-57 has happened 4 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 1950 and 1979. At one point the score disappeared for 40 years, between 1921 and 1961.
Every 81-56 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970-05-16 | St Kilda over Hawthorn | 1970 | |
| 1961-08-26 | Hawthorn over Richmond | 1961 | |
| 1961-04-15 | Sydney over Hawthorn | 1961 | |
| 1921-08-20 | Carlton over Sydney | 1921 |
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