Researching the Mamluk cards, I had a little thought.

They have the usual four suits but instead of wands, the staffs are called Polo sticks.

 

Wiki : Polo 

 

 

That makes sense but the “sticks” look, to me, more like Shinty than Polo.

 

Wiki : Shinty

 

 

Curiouser and curiouser said Alice!