The Chieftains (10-143) won a hard-fought match in the wet against Trevallyn (10-92) by 51 runs at Longford Oval.

Chieftains coach Liam Reynolds said the feeling of winning a third premiership was one that couldn't be described.

"It's a just reward - the whole group puts so much effort in throughout the year," he said.

"To fight it out like that - I think we just got a par score - but the way our bowlers went about it was awesome.

"A couple of dropped catches were the only thing to look back on, but we created our chances and it was awesome."

Saturday morning's deluge led to an unfriendly turf for those who enjoy scoring such as Hadspen and Trevallyn given their previous high-run outings.

The Chieftains' vaunted batting was the first to take to the sodden pitch.

However, Trevallyn drew first blood early, with Joseph Cullen sending Thanuka Dabare packing on the third ball for an uncharacteristic two runs.

While season stalwarts Dane Anderson and Dilan Jayalath tried to build a usually formidable partnership, the wet turf continued to plague the Chieftains.

The pairing were only able to notch 35 runs between them, with bowlers Cullen and Clayde White seeing them out one after another.

Just as Reynolds began to build momentum for his side, a poorly struck pot-shot landed right into the hands of Jed Steele in the field.

A solid innings from Beau Hills (18), Damien Balym (22) and Deepak Singh simmered down a red-hot Trevallyn side in the mid-to-latter portion of the innings.

The Chieftains' tail-end fell quickly, with the competition's top team finishing all-out for 143.

"With the rain around, we knew it would be slowing goings," Reynolds said.

"If we padded it as long as we could, still tick the board over, any score would be a good total."

Trevallyn opened their batting cautiously, with many a close call keeping an out-for-blood Chieftains side at bay.

But it wasn't long before Hadspen's aggression took hold, with opener Jed Steele bowled out for 7 runs by Singh.

Trevallyn's vice-captain Daniel Kirk tried to regain momentum for his side, slamming a four to end the fifth over.

However, restraining bowling partnerships by Hadspen kept a lid on things throughout early overs, before wickets began to fall in bulk.

Trevallyn's captain Whiteley, after a solid post-season, was felled for 10 after being bowled by his opposite number Reynolds.

Shortly after, Kirk and Drew Clark were bowled out in succession, seeing the boys in blue to 4-43 after 17 overs.

Trevallyn's middle order batter Nick Garwood managed to keep his side's hopes alive.

Hadspen began to smell a third title early in the 20^th over as Garwood was stumped a few balls in by Jon LeFevre.

Things got grimmer for Trevallyn, as White was stumped by a piercing Singh throw.

Hadspen fans found themselves cheering a ball later as Sean Barry was quickly dismissed for a golden duck.

Dabare (3-18), Singh (2-14) and Jayalath (2-15) led the premiers in the bowling department.

As did Reynolds, who finished the day 2-17 from eight overs, and was named player of the match.

"I'm gonna be sore after this for a while I can tell you that," Reynolds said.

"It wasn't just me it was the bowling collectively - everyone did their bit ... we're really pleased with how we responded with the bowlers."