| Peter Iles | |
| Fullname: | Peter Albert Iles |
| Birth Date: | 23 December 1926 |
| Birth Place: | Palmerston North, New Zealand |
| Batting: | Left-handed |
| Bowling: | Legbreak |
| Club1: | Auckland |
| Year1: | 1946/47–1951/52 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 2 |
| Runs1: | 58 |
| Bat Avg1: | 19.33 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 20 |
| Deliveries1: | 360 |
| Wickets1: | 3 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 40.66 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 3/46 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 3/0 |
| Date: | 11 February 2021 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/22/22191/22191.html CricketArchive |
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]