Has an AFL game ever ended 98-50?
It has. 98-50 has been a AFL final 5 times in 16,622 games. The first was North Melbourne beat Hawthorn on July 5, 1941; the latest was West Coast beat Port Adelaide on August 19, 2012.
That makes 98-50 the 589th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 99-50 has happened 2 times and 98-51 has happened 3 times. At one point the score disappeared for 26 years, between 1972 and 1998.
Every 98-50 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-08-19 | West Coast over Port Adelaide | 2012 | |
| 1998-05-23 | Adelaide over Brisbane Lions | 1998 | |
| 1972-08-05 | Richmond over North Melbourne | 1972 | |
| 1961-07-22 | St Kilda over Essendon | 1961 | |
| 1941-07-05 | North Melbourne over Hawthorn | 1941 |