Daylesford coach Phil Davis said the Bulldog legend had agreed to play a match for the Central Highlands Football League reigning premiers, as a thank you to the club for helping him on his way to an 341-game VFL/AFL career.

Grant retired from AFL football at the end of last season.

Davis said that when Daylesford approached Grant to play a game for the club he represented in the Ballarat Football League in 1989, the 35-year-old said he had been considering the idea himself.

Davis said the match would be a Daylesford home game at Victoria Park, preferably timed not to clash with a Western Bulldogs match in Melbourne.

Chris Grant began his senior football career at Daylesford.

His older brother Jamie started before him and is still playing for rival Hepburn.

There are four members of the Grant family who are life members at Daylesford - John, Murray, David (Chris's father) and Jamie (Chris's brother).

The Central Highlands Football League season starts on April 19.

Daylesford will play Clunes at home in round one.