With seven years out of the game during the war years, Alderman came back in 1946 with a decent statement of intent, scoring a century, and keeping his place in the team for two more years, before quitting the game at the age of 40 in 1948. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler, and occasionally a wicket-keeper. Between 1966 and 1968, Alderman umpired 72 first-class matches, mostly in the County Championship, though also in the Gillette Cup. He was subsequently coach at Repton School. and Sports Professional coaching soccer and cricket at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. Between 1928 and 1935, Alderman played as an inside forward in the Football League for both Derby County and Burnley. Alderman died at Frimley Park Hospital, Surrey at the age of 82. His first grandson, Timothy Dawson, represented Oxford University in 1986.