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I have a pair of motorcycle gloves that give some protection to the knuckles. Leather palms, no padding. The mallet thumb wore and I patched it with hockey tape.
Started wearing my winter gloves (ironclad) for polo once it got cold enough. They don't have additional padding or protection but are strong and have good grip on the palms (less wear). Too warm for summer, though, so I've been wearing my spring/summer full fingered gloves that are slowly becoming more hockey tape than gloves. They have little padding (meant for riding) and no protection on the back.
I haven't put much thought into protection, figure I don't play hard enough. I guess I'm waiting for the epic shot to the hand before I bother buying anything fancier (yeah, kind of reactionary, I blame my pocketbook).