Has an AFL game ever ended 89-56?
It has. 89-56 has been a AFL final 3 times in 16,622 games. The first was Carlton beat Melbourne on June 17, 1911; the latest was Richmond beat North Melbourne on August 7, 2021.
That makes 89-56 the 1534th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 90-56 has happened 4 times and 89-57 has happened 1 times. At one point the score disappeared for 77 years, between 1911 and 1988.