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Peter Iles
Personal information
Full name
Peter Albert Iles
Born(1926-12-23)23 December 1926
Palmerston North, New Zealand
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLegbreak
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1946/47–1951/52Auckland
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 58
Batting average 19.33
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 20
Balls bowled 360
Wickets 3
Bowling average 40.66
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 3/46
Catches/stumpings 3/–
Source: CricketArchive, 11 February 2021

Peter Albert Iles (born 23 December 1926) is an American engineer and a former New Zealand cricketer and association football player.

Iles began his cricket career as a leg-spin bowler, but later concentrated on his batting.[1] He played two first-class matches for Auckland, in 1946 and 1952.[2] In 1948 he represented New Zealand Universities at association football as a goalkeeper,[3] and in 1950 he played for the North Island team against the South Island team.[4]

Iles studied at Auckland University College, graduating Bachelor of Science in 1948, and Master of Science with second-class honours in 1952.[5] In the mid-1950s he spent some time in England before moving to Canada.[6]

Iles later moved to the United States, settling in California and becoming an American citizen,[7] where he worked as an engineer developing solar cells, including those used on early American satellites.[8] In 1991, Iles received the William R. Cherry Award from the IEEE Electron Devices Society for his prolonged and sustained contribution to the field of photovoltaic conversion.[9] He continued to publish on the subject until at least 2004, contributing a chapter, "Photovoltaic conversion: space applications", to the Encyclopedia of Energy published by Elsevier that year.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Plunket Shield fixtures". Press: 6. 28 December 1951.
  2. ^ "Peter Iles". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Canterbury's narrow win". Press: 3. 30 August 1948.
  4. ^ "Teams Announced For North-South Match". Greymouth Evening Star: 7. 15 June 1950.
  5. ^ "NZ university graduates 1870–1961: I–K". Shadows of Time. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Cricket: London N.Z. Club". Press: 5. 24 November 1955.
  7. ^ "California, U.S., federal naturalization records, 1843–1999". Ancestry.com Operations. 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  8. ^ "Solar cell history". Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  9. ^ "William R. Cherry Award". IEEE. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  10. ^ Iles, Peter A. (2004). "Photovoltaic Conversion: Space Applications". In Cleveland, Cutler J. (ed.). Encyclopedia of Energy. Elsevier Science. ISBN 978-0-12-176480-7. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
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