Captain: IJ Gould

Home Grounds used:
County Ground, Hove; Cricket Field Road Ground, Horsham; The Saffrons, Eastbourne

Away Grounds visited:
Queen's Park, Chesterfield; County Ground, New Road, Worcester; Hesketh Park, Dartford; Grace Road, Leicester; Woodbridge Road, Guildford; Griff and Coton Ground, Nuneaton; United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth; County Ground, Northampton; Abbeydale Park, Sheffield; Church Road Ground, Lytham St Anne's; Uxbridge Cricket Club Ground; Trent Bridge, Nottingham

Championship playing record:
P 23     W 1     D 14     L 8

First-Class playing record:
P 24     W 1     D 15     L 8

Click on these links for the season's First-Class scorecards and results
or First-Class batting averages or First-Class bowling averages or Championship batting averages or Championship bowling averages

20 players appeared in First-Class matches for Sussex in 1987:
RI Alikhan; AM Babington; IJ Gould; AM Green; K Greenfield; PAW Heseltine; SJS Kimber; NJ Lenham; GS le Roux; P Moores; SD Myles; PWG Parker; ACS Pigott; MW Pringle; DA Reeve; CIO Ricketts; DK Standing; IC Waring; AP Wells; CM Wells.

6 players made their debut for Sussex in these matches in 1987:
K Greenfield; PAW Heseltine; SJS Kimber; SD Myles; MW Pringle; CIO Ricketts.