Has an AFL game ever ended 86-53?
It has. 86-53 has been a AFL final 4 times in 16,622 games. The first was Collingwood beat Footscray on August 31, 1935; the latest was Sydney beat Hawthorn on June 16, 1951.
That makes 86-53 the 947th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 87-53 has happened 2 times and 86-54 has happened 3 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 1920 and 1949.
Every 86-53 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951-06-16 | Sydney over Hawthorn | 1951 | |
| 1946-07-06 | Fitzroy over St Kilda | 1946 | |
| 1944-07-15 | North Melbourne over St Kilda | 1944 | |
| 1935-08-31 | Collingwood over Footscray | 1935 |