An entertaining first half saw chances at each end, the pick of which came in the 27th minute when John Bateman produced a fantastic save to deny Sporting Khalsa’s Brad Lawley giving his side the lead when one-one-one with the Chase keeper.

At the other end, Chasetown had gone close with a Lee Butler free kick while he also had a shot blocked after a great run by Ramone Stephens.

It was new signing Nathan Waite that assisted the breakthrough though, in the 36th minute. He picked out a pass to Nick Wellecomme, and last year’s leading scorer scored his second goal of pre-season with a close range tap-in.

Bateman, who made one first team appearance for Chasetown last season, preserved the Scholars lead a minute later with a great stop to deny Tom Overfield in another Khalsa attack.

Wellecomme almost doubled his tally following a through ball from substitute Luke Bottomer but one-one-one with James Pemberton, the Khalsa keeper came out on top.

Jazz Luckie went close to adding to Chasetown’s advantage, in a half that the visitors dominated, forcing a low save from Pemberton, who managed to divert the ball far enough away from the onrushing Lee Downes.

Chasetown: John Bateman, Carlo Franco (Todd Evans, HT), Jermaine Johnson, Chris Slater, Tesfa Robinson, Lee Parsons (Danny Bragoli, HT), Lee Butler (Danny Edwards, 59 mins), Richard Davies (Lee Downes, HT), Nick Wellecomme (Mitchell McDonald, 68 mins), Nathan Waite (Luke Bottomer, HT), Ramone Stephens (Jazz Luckie, 61 mins)