when play was resumed , according to the editor of the times : a certain amount of backbone had been retrieved by the men in pointy hats and captain nobbs led a concerted attack in an attempt to further interfere with charlie barton 's lunch , but to the dismay of all , the son of dave likely still appeared to have only a nodding acquaintance with the art of goal scoring and it appeared very much that his only chance of putting one away would be to have the ball wrapped up and sent via the post office .