The final margin flattered the Burras, who simply had no answer to the Bulldogs' midfield, after being out to 118 points at the start of the final quarter of the Bendigo Bank Central Highlands clash.

It took just two minutes for Nick Sullivan (three goals) to open Daylesford's account and 24 minutes later the small forward had kicked his third to put the Doggies 46 points up.

It seemed Luke Adams had brought his own football to the game and Scott Winduss was giving young Hepburn ruckman Sam Conroy a lesson.

Burras wingman Trevor Johnson was already having an afternoon he would rather forget, whereas his direct opponent Peter Jenkin - although the two were rarely within cooee of each other - was prominent.

The other Adams, Joel, was not to be forgotten and raked his left foot all over Victoria Park.

Daylesford had made good use of the two-goal breeze and the massive crowd must surely have thought a Hepburn fight back was just around the corner.

Not on your life.

It was not until the 28th minute of the second term that the Burras managed a goal, to Lee Cox, and by then the Bulldogs had 13 on the board.

Hepburn was not helped by the yellow card to full-back Brendan Sheppherd, who was clearly hampered by a leg injury, for reasons not entirely clear.

The third quarter offered no respite to the Burras defence, which was guilty of ball watching on several occasions, and six unanswered Daylesford goals - three to full-forward Andrew Button (five goals) - was the result.

Finally Hepburn found something in the final term, thanks largely to the work of Dan O'Halloran and Cox - who had been switched to centre half-back - but it was well and truly too late.

Daylesford playing coach Luke Beattie said he did not think there was as big a difference between the two sides as the scoreboard indicated.

"Genuinely one of those days you can say every line contributed to the team plans ... I don't think we were by any means perfect but we started the game well, we were the enforcers," he said.

Burras mentor Shane Robertson said his side had been "smashed in all departments".