Chasetown 0 Walsall 3
Walsall assistant boss Richard O'Kelly was quick to praise both sets of players after an entertaining friendly at Chasetown watched by manager Dean Smith.
O'Kelly said: "It was a really good game, played at a high tempo. Chasetown could easily have had three or four goals themselves.
"We just took our chances a bit better than they did."
Walsall took an early lead. Carlton McKenzie found space inside the penalty area and drilled a shot across goalkeeper Ryan Price's body into the far corner.
The Scholars had a lucky escape when Tesfa Robinson conceded a penalty but Jake Heath's effort went wide.
Chasetown's FA Cup goal hero Danny Smith thought he had levelled the score, only to be denied by the assistant's flag for offside.
Craig Harris' men made a disastrous start to the second period. Central defender Chris Slater got his wires crossed with Price and slid the ball unchallenged into his own net.
Chasetown were unlucky not to reduce the arrears when Gary Hay's powerful drive was deflected on to the crossbar.
Danny Griffiths sealed the victory with a right-foot shot in off Price's right-hand post just after the hour.
