| Administrator: | Test and County Cricket Board |
| Cricket Format: | Limited overs cricket(40 overs per innings) |
| Tournament Format: | League |
| Champions: | Worcestershire |
| Count: | 2 |
| Participants: | 17 |
| Matches: | 136 |
| Most Runs: | 617 Tim Curtis (Worcestershire) |
| Most Wickets: | 25 Courtney Walsh (Gloucs)/Neal Radford (Worcs) |
| Previous Year: | 1986 |
| Previous Tournament: | 1986 John Player Special League |
| Next Year: | 1988 |
| Next Tournament: | 1988 Refuge Assurance League |
The 1987 Refuge Assurance League was the nineteenth competing of what was generally known as the Sunday League. The competition was won for the second time by Worcestershire County Cricket Club.
The Worcestershire team included stars such as Ian Botham, Graeme Hick and Graham Dilley. Two other Worcs players got the batting and bowling plaudits. Opener Tim Curtis scored the most runs and fast bowler Neal Radford took the most wickets in the competition.
| width=200 | Team | width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | T | width=20 | L | width=20 | N/R | width=20 | A | width=20 | Pts | width=60 | R/R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worcestershire (C) | 16 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 5.369 | |||||||||
| 16 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 44 | 4.933 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 4.769 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 4.809 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 4.786 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 5.131 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 4.954 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 5.249 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 5.170 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 4.460 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 5.026 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 4.902 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 5.209 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 4.434 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 4.609 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 4.823 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 4.496 | ||||||||||
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