Peter Iles
New Zealand cricketer
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Peter Albert Iles (born 23 December 1926) is an American engineer and a former New Zealand cricketer and association football player.
Palmerston North, New Zealand
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| Full name | Peter Albert Iles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 December 1926 Palmerston North, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Legbreak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1946/47–1951/52 | Auckland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 11 February 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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]