Thurgoona man Darcy Mark Moore, never before in trouble with the law, has had to face Albury Local Court for assaulting a woman.

She was a stranger to him.

But fired-up by too much to drink, Moore thought he'd have a laugh with his mates.

The others in his group that day at Albury's SS&A Club got the joke.

For the woman though it was anything but funny.

Moore ran up to the woman, Albury Local Court has heard, and flicked her in the head with a sock.

Although she suffered no injury, she was upset enough to notify security at the club and to call the police.

The attack, she said, left her with a headache.

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Moore could not claim he didn't carry out the assault, captured as it was on the club's CCTV cameras.

But defence solicitor Mark Cronin argued the assault, which Moore regretted having pleaded guilty, was very much at the lower end of the criminal scale.

Magistrate Rodney Brender agreed, deciding to take one of the most lenient sentencing options open to him - dismissing the charge under Section 10(1)(a) of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act.

Mr Cronin said Moore, 24, put on the socks to get into the club, then took the socks off when he left.

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Moore then began flicking the socks at others, "who saw the humour in this".

The victim did not, he said

She and Moore both arrived at the club and left at the same time in separate groups on the afternoon of January 20.

"The accused ran up behind the victim and flicked her in the back of the head with the sock," police said.

Moore made full admissions in an interview at Albury police station on February 15, explaining he was "well-affected" by alcohol.