Possible Clues:

• A spell of horseplay?
• Division of a polo match
• Item of footwear -- one of six usually for a sportsman and his horse?
• Several sporting minutes for pitcher, we hear?
• Church neighbour has packages central to period of horseplay
• Period of polo
• A spell of horse-play?
• Pitcher's verbal for a period in sport
• Report of one throwing in part of game?
• Period of play in a polo match